Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos /edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer (University of Durham).
Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos /edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer (University of Durham).
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource.
- Yale classical studies ; v. 38 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1. Dura-Europos : a Greek town of the Parthian empire / 2. Everyday life in Roman Dura-Europos : the evidence of dress practices / 3. Acculturation, hybridity, creolite : mapping cultural diversity in Dura-Europos / 4. The problem with Parthian art at Dura / 5. Gesture at Dura-Europos : a new interpretation of the so-called "scene enigmatique" / 6. Women and the religious life of Dura-Europos / 7. Multifunctional sanctuaries at Dura-Europos / 8. The Mithraeum of Dura-Europos : new perspectives / 9. Imperial representation at Dura-Europos : suggestions for urban paths / 10. Thoughts on two Latin dipinti / 11. The bilingual Palmyrene-Greek inscriptions at Dura-Europos : a comparison with the bilinguals from Palmyra / 12. Economic life in Roman Dura-Europos / 13. The dangers of adventurous reconstruction : Frank Brown at Dura-Europos / 14. Dura-Europos and Yale : past, present and future / Ted Kaizer -- Leonardo Gregoratti -- Jennifer A. Baird -- Michael Sommer -- Lucinda Dirven -- Maura K. Heyn -- Jean-Baptiste Yon -- Julian Buchmann -- Tommaso Gnoli -- Cristina Marta Acqua -- Jacqueline Austin -- Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Kai Ruffing -- Susan B. Downey -- 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"--
9781316826751 9781316826034
City and town life--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Social archaeology--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Electronic Books.
DS99 / .R455 2016
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1. Dura-Europos : a Greek town of the Parthian empire / 2. Everyday life in Roman Dura-Europos : the evidence of dress practices / 3. Acculturation, hybridity, creolite : mapping cultural diversity in Dura-Europos / 4. The problem with Parthian art at Dura / 5. Gesture at Dura-Europos : a new interpretation of the so-called "scene enigmatique" / 6. Women and the religious life of Dura-Europos / 7. Multifunctional sanctuaries at Dura-Europos / 8. The Mithraeum of Dura-Europos : new perspectives / 9. Imperial representation at Dura-Europos : suggestions for urban paths / 10. Thoughts on two Latin dipinti / 11. The bilingual Palmyrene-Greek inscriptions at Dura-Europos : a comparison with the bilinguals from Palmyra / 12. Economic life in Roman Dura-Europos / 13. The dangers of adventurous reconstruction : Frank Brown at Dura-Europos / 14. Dura-Europos and Yale : past, present and future / Ted Kaizer -- Leonardo Gregoratti -- Jennifer A. Baird -- Michael Sommer -- Lucinda Dirven -- Maura K. Heyn -- Jean-Baptiste Yon -- Julian Buchmann -- Tommaso Gnoli -- Cristina Marta Acqua -- Jacqueline Austin -- Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Kai Ruffing -- Susan B. Downey -- 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"--
9781316826751 9781316826034
City and town life--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Social archaeology--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Electronic Books.
DS99 / .R455 2016