Archaeology
Institut Francais d’Archeologie Orientale
Syrian Monuments, Palmyra, Near Eastern Antiquities, Excavations, Syrian Archaeology, Antiquities
ii, [3], 378 pp., of French text + 11 pp., of Arabic text, 10 b/w plates, 78 figures, tables, biblio, index. Publications of the Institut Francais D'Archeologie Du Proche Orient, Bibliotheque Archeologique Et Historique, Tome 163. publisher's original wrappers; Copy in mint condition. New. BAH 163.
This essay uses Greek and Latin epigraphy (thus preparing a corpus), Palmyrene Semitic epigraphy and the archaeological studies concerning the site to show the originality of Palmyra, which was a tribal society and became more and more influenced by the Roman Empire. The city shares some characteristics with the Roman Province, despite its marginal position and its contacts with less hellenized areas, but is under a strong influence of oriental "cultures" (Aramaic, as well as Arabic, Iranian, Babylonian).
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