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Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of plates
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Dura-Europos: A Greek Town of the Parthian Empire
- 3 Everyday Life in Roman Dura-Europos
- 4 Acculturation, Hybridity, Créolité
- 5 The Problem with Parthian Art at Dura
- 6 Gesture at Dura-Europos
- 7 Women and the Religious Life of Dura-Europos
- 8 Multifunctional Sanctuaries at Dura-Europos
- 9 The Mithraeum of Dura-Europos
- 10 Imperial Representation at Dura-Europos
- 11 Thoughts on Two Latin Dipinti
- 12 The Bilingual PalmyreneâGreek Inscriptions at Dura-Europos
- 13 Economic Life in Roman Dura-Europos
- 14 The Dangers of Adventurous Reconstruction
- 15 Dura-Europos and Yale: Past, Present, and Future
- Plates
- Bibliography
- Index of Sources
- General Index