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Death and burial in the Near East from Roman to Islamic times : research in Syria, Lebanon, Joran and Egypt

Title
Death and burial in the Near East from Roman to Islamic times : research in Syria, Lebanon, Joran and Egypt / edited by Christoph Eger and Michael Mackensen ; with contributions by Felix Arnold [and 17 others].
Publication
Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, 2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Eger, Christoph
  • Mackensen, Michael
Description
260 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 31 cm.
Summary
"This book is based on a German-Arab colloquium held in Amman in September 2013, where current excavation and research results on death and burial from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt were presented. For the first time, Arab and Near Eastern scholars were able to discuss the main features and differences in the development of funerary practices of the dead in Roman, Byzantine and Islamic times, mainly based on archaeological sources. It also reports on the processing of old excavations and summary studies on local or regional burial customs. Apart from ten lectures presented in the colloquium, five other contributions by international scholars have been included. Among the more prominent places presented here are Palmyra, Beirut, Petra, Gerasa, Alexandria, Hermupolis and St. Paul's Monastery of Deir el-Bakhît (Thebes-West)."--Publisher's website.
Series Statement
Münchner Beiträge zur provinzialrömischen Archäologie ; Band 7
Uniform Title
Münchner Beiträge zur Provinzialrömischen Archäologie ; Bd. 7.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • International conference proceedings.
  • "On September 8th-9th, 2013, the conference "Burial Customs in Bilad ash-Sham from Roman to Islamic times. A German-Arab Round Table" took place at the University of Jordan, in Amman. It was organized by Ch. Eger and Th. M. Weber in collaboration with N. Turshan.... We are indebted to C. Bridger-Kraus and E. Döhring of Xanten for translating the German contributions by Ch. Eger and editing the English language texts."--Preface, pages 7, 9.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • One French and 12 English contributions.
Contents
Preface / by Christoph Eger and Michael Mackensen -- Death and burial in early Palmyra. Reflections on urbanization, imperialism, and the creation of memorial landscapes / by Lidewijde de Jong -- The tombs at Palmyra and their decoration / by Andreas Schmidt-Colinet -- Structures funéraires de l'époque classique de l'Emésène orientale d'après les archives de R. du Mesnil du Buisson (Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales) / by Michel al-Maqdissi -- Exceptional grave-goods from the Roman necropolis at Chisphin, Golan, in the National Museum of Damascus / by Rüdiger Gogräfe -- Late Roman to early Byzantine burial customs in the Ghuta of Damascus - the necropolis of Darayya / by Mahmoud Hamoud and Christoph Eger -- Cemeteries in Beirut (excavations 1999-2013) / by Barbara Stuart and Hans Curvers -- The Nabataean way of death on Petra's North Ridge / by Megan A. Perry and Jessica L. Walker -- Limestone sarcophagi from Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan / by Cathrin Pogoda -- The rock chamber necropolis of Khirbat Yajuz and church burials in the province of Arabia / by Christoph Eger -- Types of burials in churches in Jordan in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods / by Robert Schick -- Celebrating with the dead. Agents in the funeral cult of Roman Egypt / by Katja Lembke -- The early Christian cemeteries of Qarara and Sharuna, Middle Egypt / by Béatrice Huber -- Death and burial in the monastery of St. Paulos at Western Thebes, Upper Egypt / by Ina Eichner -- Houses for the dead in Egypt / by Felix Arnold -- Muslim burial customs in modern Jordan / by Ahmad Lash and Jehad Haron.
Call Number
JFG 18-199
ISBN
  • 9783954903177
  • 3954903172
LCCN
9783954903177
OCLC
1048884900
Title
Death and burial in the Near East from Roman to Islamic times : research in Syria, Lebanon, Joran and Egypt / edited by Christoph Eger and Michael Mackensen ; with contributions by Felix Arnold [and 17 others].
Publisher
Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, 2018.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Münchner Beiträge zur provinzialrömischen Archäologie ; Band 7
Münchner Beiträge zur Provinzialrömischen Archäologie ; Bd. 7.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
One French and 12 English contributions.
Added Author
Eger, Christoph, editor.
Mackensen, Michael, editor.
Other Standard Identifier
9783954903177
Research Call Number
JFG 18-199
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