Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 310 Seiten) :
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Illustrationen, Pläne.
ISBN:
978-1-316-40348-8
Series Statement:
Yale classical studies volume 38
Content:
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
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [275]-299
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-107-12379-3
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-107-56023-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sozialarchäologie
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Religion
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/9781316403488
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https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316403488
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