Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos / edited for the Department of Classics by Ted Kaizer (University of Durham).
"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 sit...
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2016.
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| Series: | Yale classical studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ted Kaizer
- Dura-Europos : a Greek town of the Parthian empire / Leonardo Gregoratti
- Everyday life in Roman Dura-Europos : the evidence of dress practices / Jennifer A. Baird
- Acculturation, hybridity, créolité : mapping cultural diversity in Dura-Europos / Michael Sommer
- The problem with Parthian art at Dura / Lucinda Dirven
- Gesture at Dura-Europos : a new interpretation of the so-called "scène énigmatique" / Maura K. Heyn
- Women and the religious life of Dura-Europos / Jean-Baptiste Yon
- Multifunctional sanctuaries at Dura-Europos / Julian Buchmann
- The Mithraeum of Dura-Europos : new perspectives / Tommaso Gnoli
- Imperial representation at Dura-Europos : suggestions for urban paths / Cristina Marta Acqua
- Thoughts on two Latin dipinti / Jacqueline Austin
- The bilingual Palmyrene-Greek inscriptions at Dura-Europos : a comparison with the bilinguals from Palmyra / Loren T. Stuckenbruck
- Economic life in Roman Dura-Europos / Kai Ruffing
- The dangers of adventurous reconstruction : Frank Brown at Dura-Europos / Susan B. Downey
- Dura-Europos and Yale : past, present, and future / Lisa R. Brody.