New Book Online from ISAW: AN OASIS CITY

AN OASIS CITY
by Roger S. Bagnall, Nicola Aravecchia, Raffaella Cribiore, Paola Davolil Olaf E. Kaper, Susanna McFadden
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, NYU PRESS, NEW YORK, 2015
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CONTENTS

• Figures
• Contributors
• Chronological Table
• Preface

• Introduction Roger S. Bagnall and Olaf E. Kaper

• 1 Amheida in Its Surroundings
  • The natural landscape and its evolution Paola Davoli
  • The sacred landscape Olaf E. Kaper
  • The economic landscape Roger S. Bagnall
• 2 Amheida before the Romans
  • Early remains on the temple hill Paola Davoli
  • Textual and decorative evidence for the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period Olaf E. Kaper
  • The temples of the Late Period Olaf E. Kaper
  • A sacred necropolis Paola Davoli
• 3 The Urban Landscape during the Roman Period
  • The city plan of Roman and late Roman Trimithis Paola Davoli
  • The baths of Trimithis Paola Davoli
  • Two houses Paola Davoli, Roger S. Bagnall
• 4 Egyptian Religion at Trimithis during the Roman Period
  • The temple Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper
  • Funerary life: the pyramids Olaf E. Kaper
  • Onomastics Roger S. Bagnall
• 5 Christianity at Trimithis and in the Dakhla Oasis
  • The church of Trimithis Nicola Aravecchia
  • Other evidence of Christianity at Amheida Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore
  • Other churches in Dakhla: Kellis, ʿAin el-Gedida, Deir Abu Matta, Deir el-Molouk, ʿAin es-Sabil Nicola Aravecchia
• 6 Economy and Society in the Roman Oasis
  • The oasis economy Roger S. Bagnall
  • A rural settlement in the oasis system Nicola Aravecchia
  • Government and military Roger S. Bagnall
  • Oasis society Roger S. Bagnall
• 7 Trimithis in the Culture of the Eastern Roman Empire
  • Literary culture and education in the Dakhla Oasis Raffaella Cribiore
  • Amheida's wall paintings Susanna McFadden
  • The evidence of Greek names Roger S. Bagnall

• Abbreviations

• Bibliography