LEADER 04234nam 2200805 450 001 9910465851903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-6159-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442661592 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102791 035 $a(EBL)3285941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000949797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12374257 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10996526 035 $a(PQKB)10544366 035 $a(OCoLC)958578469$z(OCoLC)841909769$z(OCoLC)923829003$z(OCoLC)959641182 035 $a(CEL)438686 035 $a(OCoLC)841909769 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00232125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3285941 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670073 035 $a(DE-B1597)465269 035 $a(OCoLC)979756806 035 $a(OCoLC)999704867 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442661592 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4670073 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256587 035 $a(OCoLC)958578469 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102791 100 $a20160914h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBringing in the sheaves $eeconomy and metaphor in the Roman world /$fBrent D. Shaw 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (478 p.) 225 1 $aRobson Classical Lectures 311 $a1-4426-2922-3 311 $a1-4426-4479-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tList of Tables and Maps -- $tIntroduction/Preface -- $t1. Under the Burning Sun -- $t2. Primus in arvis/First in the Fields -- $t3. Sickle and Scythe/Man and Machine -- $t4. The Grim Reapers -- $t5. Blade of Vengeance -- $tAppendix 1: Harvesting Contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy -- $tAppendix 2: The Maktar Harvester Inscription: Text and Commentary -- $tAppendix 3: The Gallo-Roman Reaping Machines: Iconographic Data -- $tAbbreviations of Sources -- $tTables -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aThe annual harvesting of cereal crops was one of the most important economic tasks in the Roman Empire. Not only was it urgent and critical for the survival of state and society, it mobilized huge numbers of men and women every year from across the whole face of the Mediterranean. In Bringing in the Sheaves, Brent D. Shaw investigates the ways in which human labour interacted with the instruments of harvesting, what part the workers and their tools had in the whole economy, and how the work itself was organized.Both collective and individual aspects of the story are investigated, centred on the life-story of a single reaper whose work in the wheat fields of North Africa is documented in his funerary epitaph. The narrative then proceeds to an analysis of the ways in which this cyclical human behaviour formed and influenced modes of thinking about matters beyond the harvest. The work features an edition of the reaper inscription, and a commentary on it. It is also lavishly illustrated to demonstrate the important iconic and pictorial dimensions of the story. 410 0$aRobson classical lectures. 606 $aWheat$xHarvesting$zRome$xHistory 606 $aWheat$xHarvesting$xSocial aspects$zRome$xHistory 606 $aWheat$xHarvesting$xEconomic aspects$zRome$xHistory 606 $aLabor$zRome$xHistory 606 $aRomans$xAgriculture$zAfrica, North$vBiography 607 $aAfrica, North$xHistory$yTo 647 607 $aRome$xSocial life and customs 607 $aRome$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWheat$xHarvesting$xHistory. 615 0$aWheat$xHarvesting$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aWheat$xHarvesting$xEconomic aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aLabor$xHistory. 615 0$aRomans$xAgriculture 676 $a331.10937 700 $aShaw$b Brent D.$0259426 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465851903321 996 $aBringing in the sheaves$92125396 997 $aUNINA