04199nam 22006012 450 991015017120332120161129174250.01-316-82387-31-316-82531-01-316-82555-81-316-82579-51-316-40348-31-316-82603-11-316-82675-9(CKB)3710000000942423(MiAaPQ)EBC4732920(UkCbUP)CR9781316403488(EXLCZ)99371000000094242320150304d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReligion, society and culture at Dura-Europos /edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer, University of Durham[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2016.1 online resource (xxii, 310 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Yale classical studies ;38Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Nov 2016).1-107-56023-3 1-107-12379-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Introduction / Ted Kaizer -- 1. Dura-Europos : a Greek town of the Parthian empire / Leonardo Gregoratti -- 2. Everyday life in Roman Dura-Europos : the evidence of dress practices / Jennifer A. Baird -- 3. Acculturation, hybridity, creolite : mapping cultural diversity in Dura-Europos / Michael Sommer -- 4. The problem with Parthian art at Dura / Lucinda Dirven -- 5. Gesture at Dura-Europos : a new interpretation of the so-called "scene enigmatique" / Maura K. Heyn -- 6. Women and the religious life of Dura-Europos / Jean-Baptiste Yon -- 7. Multifunctional sanctuaries at Dura-Europos / Julian Buchmann -- 8. The Mithraeum of Dura-Europos : new perspectives / Tommaso Gnoli -- 9. Imperial representation at Dura-Europos : suggestions for urban paths / Cristina Marta Acqua -- 10. Thoughts on two Latin dipinti / Jacqueline Austin -- 11. The bilingual Palmyrene-Greek inscriptions at Dura-Europos : a comparison with the bilinguals from Palmyra / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- 12. Economic life in Roman Dura-Europos / Kai Ruffing -- 13. The dangers of adventurous reconstruction : Frank Brown at Dura-Europos / Susan B. Downey -- 14. Dura-Europos and Yale : past, present and future / Lisa R. Brody.This volume advances our understanding of the religion, society and culture of Dura-Europos, the small town on the Euphrates known since the 1930s as the 'Pompeii of the Syrian desert'. Several features make the site potentially our best source for day-to-day life in a small town situated on the periphery of the Roman world: inscriptions and graffiti in ten ancient languages; sculptures and frescoes combining elements of Classical and Oriental art; the most important papyrological dossier of any military unit in the Roman world; documents relating to the local economy; over a dozen pagan sanctuaries; plus a famously painted synagogue and the earliest Christian house church, all set in a gridiron city plan and surrounded by well-preserved fortifications. Dura's unique findings facilitate the study of life in a provincial small town to a degree that archaeology and history do not usually allow.Yale classical studies ;38.City and town lifeSyriaDura-Europos (Extinct city)Excavations (Archaeology)SyriaDura-Europos (Extinct city)Social archaeologySyriaDura-Europos (Extinct city)Dura-Europos (Extinct city)Social life and customsDura-Europos (Extinct city)Religious life and customsCity and town lifeExcavations (Archaeology)Social archaeology939.4/32HIS002000bisacshKaizer TedYale University.Department of Classics.UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910150171203321Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos2584446UNINA