For the love of Carthage : pottery and lamps from the circus; decorated African Red Slip Ware; lamps from a cemetery; inscriptions, commercial premises and a kiln; two funerary portraits; and mosaics of the Bir Ftouha pilgrimage complex / edited by J. H. Humphrey ; with contributions by Meg Armstrong, Andrew Crocker, Leonard Curchin, Simon P. Ellis, Joseph Greene, Gabriela Haro, John Lund, Isabelle MacDonald, Michael Mackensen, Lucinda Neuru, Jeremy Rossiter, Susan T. Stevens, and Roberta Tomber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphrey, J. H. (John H.), 1948- editor.

Armstrong, Meg (Meg Anne), contributor.

Crocker, Andrew (Andrew J. B.), contributor.

Curchin, Leonard A., 1950- contributor.

Ellis, Simon, 1954- contributor.

Greene, Joseph A., 1952- contributor.

Haro, Gabriela, contributor.

Lund, John, 1951- contributor.

MacDonald, Isabelle, contributor.

Mackensen, Michael, contributor.

Neuru, Lucinda, contributor.

Rossiter, J. J., contributor.

Stevens, Susan T., contributor.

Tomber, R. (Roberta), contributor.

Series:

Journal of Roman archaeology. Supplementary series ; no. 114.

Journal of Roman archaeology. JRA Supplementary series, 1063-4304 ; number 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Archaeology.

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.

Classical antiquities.

Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

328 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm. + 1 folded sheet in pocket (2 pages : illustrations ; 57 x 69 cm).

Other Title:

For the love of Carthage. Volume 2

Pottery and lamps from the circus; decorated African Red Slip Ware; lamps from a cemetery; inscriptions, commercial premises and a kiln; two funerary portraits; and mosaics of the Bir Ftouha pilgrimage complex

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, Rhode Island : Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2026.

Contents:

Part 1. Ceramic finds from excavations at the Roman circus. 1. A pottery deposit of the 3rd c. A.D. from excavations at the circus by the University of Georgia / Roberta Tomber and John Lund

2. Pottery lamps in a Severan to late 3rd-c. deposit from excavations at the circus by the University of Georgia / Jeremy Rossiter

3. Further pottery lamps from the American excavations in the circus (1982-1983 seasons) / Jeremy Rossiter with I. MacDonald and G. Haro

4. Pottery lamps from the 1990 excavations at the circus by the University of Georgia / Jeremy Rossiter

Part 2. Roman ceramics from other contexts at Carthage. 5. Relief-decorated African Red Slip Ware in the Carthage Museum / Meg Armstrong

6. Commentary on African Red Slip Ware with appliqués and relief decoration in the Carthage Museum / Michael Mackensen

7. The cemetery of the officiales and its pottery lamps / Jeremy Rossiter

Part 3. Work by the Second Canadian team in 1981-1983. 8. Inscriptions from the Theodosian Wall sector (Second Canadian team) and the 1983 field survey / Leonard Curchin and Joseph Greene

9. Commercial premises and a late kiln north of decumanus VI N at cardo IV E (Second Canadian team, excavations of 1981-82, Trench 2CC9) / Simon P. Ellis ; with an Appendix on the pottery by Lucinda Neuru

Part 4. Sculptures and church mosaics. 10. Funerary portraits from Carthage: a charioteer and his female companion / Andrew J. B. Crocker

11. The peristyle mosaic of the Byzantine pilgrimage church complex at Bir Ftouha, freshly considered (with foldouts in endpocket) / Susan T. Stevens

Addendum/corrigendum. Illustrations of glass from the crypt at Bir Messaouda / Sylvia Fünfschilling.

Notes:

The peristyle mosaic of the Byzantine pilgrimage church complex at Bir Ftouha, freshly considered (with foldouts in endpocket).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780999458686

099945868X

OCLC:

1598240653