Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107123793)

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.

Author: Ted Kaizer
ISBN-10: 1107123798
ISBN-13: 9781107123793
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2016
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 10.07h x 7.08w x 0.84d