History of the city of Gaza : from the earliest times to the present day / Martin A. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Martin A. (Martin Abraham), 1879-1923.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Gorgias classic archaeological reprints ; 7.

Gorgias classic archaeological reprints ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gaza--History.

Gaza.

Physical Description:

xiii, 182 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First Gorgias Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2008.

Summary:

Particularly valuable to students of archaeology in the ancient Near East are the old accounts of cities uncovered by archaeologists and historians of the nineteenth century. Meyer offers as comprehensive a history of Gaza as the material of his time would allow. This ambitious account covers what was known of Gaza in Palestine from the earliest records up through the nineteenth century. Meyer divides his treatment into two parts: the first looks at the population and historical periods of the city; the second is concerned with concepts and physical remains: cults; deities; the Gaza calendar; inscriptions; coins; and other artifacts.

Notes:

This edition is a facsimile reprint of the original edition published by the Columbia University Press, New York, 1907."--T.p. verso.

Series numbering from spine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1593336667

9781593336660

OCLC:

171554147