Research Catalog

Title

Palmyra after Zenobia, 273-750 : an archaeological and historical reappraisal / Emanuele E. Intagliata.

Author

Intagliata, Emanuele Ettore

Publication

• Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xiv, 152 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 29 cm

Summary

"This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene Èmpire' (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750). The goal of the book is to fill a substantial hole in modern scholarship - the late antique and early Islamic history of the city still has to be written. In late antiquity Palmyra remained a thriving provincial city whose existence was assured by its newly acquired role of stronghold along the eastern frontier. Palmyra maintained a prominent religious role as one of the earliest bisphoric see in central Syria and in early Islam as the political centre of the powerful Banu Kalnb tribe. Post-Roman Palmyra, city and setting, provide the focus of this book. Analysis and publication of evidence for post-Roman housing enables a study of the city's urban life, including the private residential buildings in the sanctuary of Ba'alshamin. A systematic survey is presented of the archaeological and literary evidence for the religious life of the city in Late Antiquity and Early Islam. The city's defences provide another focus. After a discussion of the garrison quartered in Palmyra, Diocletian's military fortress and the city walls are investigated, with photographic and archaeological evidence used to discuss chronology and building techniques. The book concludes with a synthetic account of archaeological and written material, providing a comprehensive history of the settlement from its origins to the fall of Marwan II in 750 AD."--

Alternative Title

Palmyra after Zenobia, 273 to 750

Subjects

• 333 B.C.-750 A.D
• Tadmur (Syria) > History
• Syria > History > 333 B.C.-634 A.D
• Syria > History > 634-750
• Syria > Tadmur
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-132) and index.

Call Number

JFF 18-1192

ISBN

• 9781785709425
• 1785709429

LCCN

2018931550

OCLC

1038250202

Author

Intagliata, Emanuele Ettore, author.

Title

Palmyra after Zenobia, 273-750 : an archaeological and historical reappraisal / Emanuele E. Intagliata.

Publisher

Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-132) and index.

Chronological Term

333 B.C.-750 A.D.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Intagliata, Emanuele Ettore. Palmyra after Zenobia, 273-750. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018 9781785709432 (OCoLC)1030304703

Research Call Number

JFF 18-1192