Palmyra, the Mediterranean and beyond / edited by Rubina Raja.
| Other author | Raja, Rubina, 1975- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xiii, 237 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mediterranean studies in antiquity |
| Contents | Palmyra in the Mediterranean world / Rubina Raja -- The Western networks of Palmyra / Eivind Heldaas Seland -- You can't get there from here : itineraries of the Palmyrenes in the Mediterranean / Jean-Baptiste Yon -- Palmyrene iconographic traditions and the Mediterranean connections : a note on some signet seal impressions on the Palmyrene Tesserae / Rubina Raja -- Palmyra and Emesa or 'Palmyre sans Émèse' : some considerations on Palmyrene trade networks and the Mediterranean / Leonardo Gregoratti -- Organizing networks to supply Mediterranean markets / Katia Schörle -- Language, law and religion : the Palmyrene tariff in its Roman context / John F. Healey -- Channels of communication and connections of style : Palmyrene portraiture in its wider context / Maura K. Heyn -- Identity and mobility of Palmyrene Jews / Eleonora Cussini -- Palmyrene military expatriation and its religious transfer at Roman DuraEuropos, Dacia and Numidia / Nathanael Andrade. |
| Abstract | "An innovative collection illuminating Palmyra's and Palmyrene society's negotiations, struggles, benefits and disadvantages from being part of the Roman Empire, situated on the fringes between the East and the West, and their use of this location to recreate themselves as a central power player within a rapidly changing world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781009532068 |
| LCCN | 2024061438 |
| ISBN | 9781009532082 |
| ISBN | 1009532081 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781009532037 paperback |
| ISBN | 1009532030 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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