TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yale University
AU  - Kaizer,Ted
TI  - Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos /edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer (University of Durham)
T2  - Yale classical studies
SN  - 9781316826751
AV  - DS99 .R455 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - City and town life
KW  - Syria
KW  - Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Social archaeology
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
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