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Bringing in the Sheaves : Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (478 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442661592
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD4844 .B756 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
2 Primus in arvis/First in the Fields -- 3 Sickle and Scythe/Man and Machine -- 4 The Grim Reapers -- 5 Blade of Vengeance -- Appendix 1 : Harvesting contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy -- Appendix 2 : The Maktar harvester inscription: text and commentary -- Appendix 3 : The Gallo-Roman reaping machines: iconographic data.
Subject: 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.
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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.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1 Under the Burning Sun -- 2 Primus in arvis/First in the Fields -- 3 Sickle and Scythe/Man and Machine -- 4 The Grim Reapers -- 5 Blade of Vengeance -- Appendix 1 : Harvesting contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy -- Appendix 2 : The Maktar harvester inscription: text and commentary -- Appendix 3 : The Gallo-Roman reaping machines: iconographic data.

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