Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Yale Classical Studies
Release date:	November 2016
Editors:	Ted Kaizer
Dimensions:	256 x 180 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-12379-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	1-107-12379-8
Barcode:	9781107123793

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