Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Yale Classical Studies
ISBN-10
1107123798
ISBN-13
9781107123793
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 17th, 2016
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
818 grams
Dimensions
18.50 x 25.40 x 2.40 cms
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HistoryAncient history: to c 500 CEArchaeologyHistoryAncient historyArchaeology
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This book advances our understanding of the religion, society and culture of Dura-Europos, the small town on the Euphrates known as the 'Pompeii of the Syrian desert' and one of the best sources for day-to-day life in a community on the periphery of the Roman world.
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.
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