For the love of Carthage : cemeteries, a bath and the circus in the southwest part of the city : pottery, brickstamps and lamps from several sites : the presence of saints, & urban development in the pertica region / edited by J.H. Humphrey ; with contributions by H. Ben Romdhane, R. Bockmann, M. Broisch, J. Carlsen, G.J. Evans, I. Fumadó Ortega, C. Gregg, L. Houghtalin, J.H. Humphrey, J. Lund, N. Norman, P. Scheding, S. Schmid, F. Schön & S.T. Stevens, and with S. Cespa, E. Jerray, B. Maraoui Telmini, E. Poulsen, N. Röring, Y. Sghaier & H. Töpfer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphrey, John H., editor.

Series:

Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; no. 109.

Journal of Roman archaeology. JRA Supplementary series, 1063-4304 ; number 109

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).

Archaeology.

Classical antiquities.

Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Romans--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).

Romans.

Carthage (Extinct city)--History.

Carthage (Extinct city).

Tunisia--Antiquities, Roman.

Tunisia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

349 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, Rhode, Island : Journal of Roman Archaeology 2020.

Language Note:

Preface in English and French, text in English.

Contents:

Part 1. The southern and western parts of the city of Carthage: cemeteries, a bath and the circus

The necropoleis of the imperial slaves and freedmen in the deathscape of Roman Carthage / Jesper Carlsen

From bathhouse to cemetery: the transformation of suburban space at Bir el Jebbana, Carthage / Jeremy Rossiter and E. Pennefather-O'Brien

Appendix: Osteological report on skeletal remains from the graves mentioned / E. Pennefather-O'Brien

A note on the earlier American excavations in the circus and associated bibliography to date J. H. Humphrey

The SW quarter of Carthage and its main monument: new results on the topographical context, construction and development of the circus, based on fieldwork in 2015-2017 / R. Bockmann, H. Ben Romdhane, F. Schön, I. Fumadó Ortega, M. Broisch, with S. Cespa, E. Jerray, B. Maraoui Telmini, N. Röring, Y. Sghaier & H. Töpfer

An excavation at the western edge of Carthage and a new proposal for the location of the fort (castrum) / Gary J. Evans

Introducing two papers on finds from the excavations in the Yasmina cemetery at Carthage / Naomi J. Norman

The memory of a favorite racehorse: a disc of the horse Alumnus from the Yasmina cemetery at Carthage in the context of other circus-related iconography / Christopher Gregg

The numismatic finds from the Yasmina cemetery / Liane Houghtalin and John D. Mac Isaac

Part 2. Pottery, brickstamps and lamps from several sites at Carthage

Terra sigillata norditalica decorata (Aco-Becher und Sarius-Schalen) aus den Ausgrabungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts in Karthago with Postscript: The earliest phases of Roman Carthage / Sebastian Schmid

Building Roman Carthage: brickstamps in the Musée National de Carthage / Jeremy Rossiter

A pottery deposit of c.A.D. 425-460 from the Danish excavations at the north edge of the city of Carthage / John Lund, with contributions by E. Poulsen

Pottery lamps from Trinity University's excavation on the Odeon Hill at Carthage / Jeremy Rossiter, with a note by M. B. Garrison

Lamps from an American excavation of an extramural cemetery of Vandalic date at Carthage, here republished with colour plates and with addenda / Jeremy Rossiter

Part 3. Two historical

archaeological studies in and around Carthage

Farmers, families and the city: urban development in the pertica region of Roman Carthage / Paul Scheding

Loci sancti Carthagine: the presence of saints in communal worship and private piety / Susan T. Stevens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

ISBN:

9780999458631

0999458639

OCLC:

1191847500