Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos / / edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer, University of Durham [[electronic resource]]
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| Titolo: |
Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos / / edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer, University of Durham [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxii, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 939.4/32 |
| Soggetto topico: | City and town life - Syria - Dura-Europos (Extinct city) |
| Excavations (Archaeology) - Syria - Dura-Europos (Extinct city) | |
| Social archaeology - Syria - Dura-Europos (Extinct city) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Dura-Europos (Extinct city) Social life and customs |
| Dura-Europos (Extinct city) Religious life and customs | |
| Classificazione: | HIS002000 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | KaizerTed |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Nov 2016). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos |
| ISBN: | 1-316-82387-3 |
| 1-316-82531-0 | |
| 1-316-82555-8 | |
| 1-316-82579-5 | |
| 1-316-40348-3 | |
| 1-316-82603-1 | |
| 1-316-82675-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910150171203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Yale classical studies ; ; 38.