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The Oxford handbook of Palmyra / edited by Rubina Raja.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Description
1 online resource (633 pages)
Details
Subject(s)
Tadmur (Syria)
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Civilization
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Tadmur (Syria)
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Antiquities
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Editor
Raja, Rubina, 1975-
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Series
Oxford handbooks online.
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Summary note
With contributions from archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, and philologists, this book covers Palmyra's archaeological remains and history from its earliest phases in the pre-Roman era to the destruction of many of its monuments during the Syrian Civil War and subsequent looting. The authors give comprehensive overviews of already published evidence, as well as significant new findings and analyses from fieldwork, and cover a broad range of themes, which not only relate to the archaeology and history of the site, but also to its relationship with the rest of the ancient world as a major trade hub during the Roman period.
Notes
Also issued in print: 2024.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Source of description
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 11, 2023).
Contents
Cover
The Oxford Handbook of Palmyra
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Maps
1 Palmyra-Tadmor in the Syrian Desert: An Introduction to the Handbook of Palmyra
Part One Setting and Landscape
2 Climate and Environment of Palmyra and the Syrian Desert
3 The Palmyrene: Hinterland and Sedentarization
Part Two Tadmor/Palmyra in a Longue Durée Perspective
4 Glimpses of Tadmūr Before Alexander: The Pre-Hellenistic Evidence
5 Hellenistic Palmyra: A Fata Morgana?
6 Palmyra: The Development of an Ancient City
7 Palmyrene Identity and Community: Continuity and Change
8 Palmyra and Its 'Dark Ages' (273-750): An Archaeological and Historical Reassessment
9 Palmyra in Late Antique and Medieval Times
10 Palmyra and the Third-Century Crisis
11 Queen Zenobia: The Rise and Fall of Her Palmyra
12 Palmyra and the Military: From the Roman Period to the Islamic Conquest
Part Three Palmyra and Language
13 A Bilingual World? Language and Epigraphy in Palmyra
14 The Palmyrene Tax Tariff
15 Aramaic Legal Language from Palmyrene Monumental Inscriptions
Part Four Palmyra and Its Contacts
16 The Palmyrene Diaspora
17 Palmyrene Trading Networks
18 Palmyrenes in Rome
19 Palmyra and the Parthians
20 Palmyra and Dura-Europos: Contact, Impact, and Differences
Part Five Palmyra and Its Monuments
21 Urban Layout and Public Space: The Monuments of Palmyra in the Roman and Late Antique Periods
22 Domestic Architecture in Palmyra
23 Religious Architecture in Palmyra: The Temples and Sanctuaries
24 Built for Eternity: The Funerary Monuments of Palmyra
25 The Fortifications and Military Architecture of Palmyra
Part Six Palmyra and Its Art
26 Public Sculptures from Palmyra
27 The Palmyrene Funerary Sculpture.
28 Palmyrene Women: Breaking the Glass Ceiling or Window Dressing?
29 Representations of Men in Palmyra
30 Religious Life and Priestly Representations in Palmyra
31 Children in Palmyra
32 The Production Economy of Funerary Portraiture
33 The Banqueting Tesserae from Palmyra: Tokens for Religious Events
34 Palmyrene Coinage
35 Wall Paintings and Stucco Work in Palmyrene Funerary Hypogea
36 A Note on Quarries and Textiles in Palmyra
37 Postludium: Palmyra and the Civil War in Syria
Index.
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Other title(s)
Handbook of Palmyra
Palmyra
ISBN
0-19-085814-1
0-19-085812-5
0-19-085813-3
OCLC
1378115557
Doi
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190858117.001.0001
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