Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Kaizer, Ted, editor.
Yale University. Department of Classics.
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| ISBN: | 9781316826751
1316826759
9781316826034
1316826031
1316825795
9781316825792
1316403483
9781316403488
9781107123793
1107123798
1107560233
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 16, 2016).
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| Summary: | "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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| Other form: | Print version: Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107123793 1107123798
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