Liburnians and Illyrian Lembs: Iron Age Ships of the Eastern Adriatic
By (author) Luka Boršić By (author) Danijel Džino By (author) Irena Radić Rossi
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(March 2021)
ISBN: 9781789699159
6.85 x 9.65 inches
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This book explores the origins of two types of ancient ship connected with the protohistoric eastern Adriatic area: the ‘Liburnian’ and the southern Adriatic ‘lemb’. An extensive overview of written, iconographic and archaeological evidence questions the existing scholarly assumption that the liburna and lemb were closely related.
Liburnians and Illyrian Lembs: Iron Age Ships of the Eastern Adriatic explores the origins of two types of ancient ship which appear in the written sources connected with the protohistoric eastern Adriatic area: the ‘Liburnian’ (liburna or liburnica) and the southern Adriatic (Illyrian) ‘lemb’. The relative abundance of written sources suggests that both ships played significant roles in ancient times, especially the Liburnian, which became the main type of light warship in early Roman imperial fleets and ultimately evolved into a generic name for warships in the Roman Imperial period and Late Antiquity. The book provides an extensive overview of written, iconographic and archaeological evidence on eastern Adriatic shipbuilding traditions before the Roman conquest in the late first century BC / early first century AD, questioning the existing scholarly assumption that the liburna and lemb were closely related, or even that they represent two sub-types of the same ship. The analysis shows that identification of the Liburnian liburna and Illyrian lemb as more or less the same ship originates from the stereotypical and essentially wrong assumption in older scholarship that the prehistoric indigenous population of the eastern Adriatic shared the same culture and, roughly, the same identities. The main point made in the book is that two different terms, liburna and lemb, were used in the sources depicting these as two different kinds of ship, rather than being interchangeable terms depicting the same ship type.
Preface 1. Introduction Research problems and previous scholarship Overview of the book Terminology 2. Geographical context 3. Eastern Adriatic populations in the 1st millennium BC The Liburni Other Iron Age Eastern Adriatic indigenous seafaring groups Greek colonising activities in the eastern Adriatic Piracy in the eastern Adriatic? Conclusion 4. Archaeological and iconographic evidence in protohistoric eastern Adriatic Underwater finds Iconography Protohistoric archaeological and iconographical sources for eastern Adriatic ships 5. Written Sources on Lembs And Liburnians from the 4th c. BC to Late Antiquity Introduction Lemb Liburnian 6. Discussion Lemb Liburnian Etymology Overview of usage of the terms lemb and liburnian in ancient sources from the 4th century BC until Late Antiquity Lemb and liburnian: the same ship? Conclusion Bibliography Ancient authors not listed in Chapter 5 Modern sources, Preface ;
1. Introduction ;
Research problems and previous scholarshipOverview of the bookTerminology 2. Geographical context ;
3. Eastern Adriatic populations in the 1st millennium BC ;
The LiburniOther Iron Age Eastern Adriatic indigenous seafaring groupsGreek colonising activities in the eastern AdriaticPiracy in the eastern Adriatic?Conclusion 4. Archaeological and iconographic evidence in protohistoric eastern Adriatic ;
Underwater findsIconographyProtohistoric archaeological and iconographical sources for eastern Adriatic ships 5. Written Sources on Lembs And Liburnians from the 4th c. BC to Late Antiquity ;
IntroductionLembLiburnian 6. Discussion ;
LembLiburnianEtymologyOverview of usage of the terms lemb and liburnian in ancient sources from the 4th century BC until Late AntiquityLemb and liburnian: the same ship?Conclusion Bibliography ;
Ancient authors not listed in Chapter 5Modern sources
- By (author) Luka Boršić
- By (author) Danijel Džino
- By (author) Irena Radić Rossi
‘Insgesamt betrachtet handelt es sich bei der vorliegenden Studie um ein Buch, das die Forschung definitiv ein gutes Stück weiterbringt, da sich die Autor*innen nicht auf vermeintliche Gewissheiten der älteren Forschung verlassen, sondern in Form einer systematischen Auswertung der vorhandenen Zeugnisse, die in dieser Form völlig neu ist, durchaus spannende Ergebnisse liefern. Somit ist nun eine sehr schöne Grundlage geschaffen, auf der die zukünftige Forschung aufbauen kann, um nach Antworten auf die noch verbliebenen Fragen zu den Themenfelder Lembos und Liburne zu suchen.’ – Michael Kleu (2022): Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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