Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos / edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer, University of Durham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaizer, Ted, editor.

Yale University. Department of Classics.

Series:

Yale classical studies ; v. 38.

Yale classical studies ; volume xxxviii

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Dura-Europos (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.

Dura-Europos (Extinct city).

Dura-Europos (Extinct city)--Religious life and customs.

City and town life--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city).

City and town life.

Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city).

Social archaeology--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

xxii, 310 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781107123793

1107123798

OCLC:

951507196