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This volume breaks new ground in approaching the Ancient Economy by bringing together documentary sources from Mesopotamia and the Greco-Roman world. Addressing textual corpora that have traditionally been studied separately, the collected papers overturn the conventional view of a fundamental divide between the economic institutions of these two regions. The premise is that, while controlling for differences, texts from either cultural setting can be brought to bear on the other and can shed light, through their use as proxy data, on such questions as economic mentalities and market developme

Babylonia -- Economic conditions. --- Economic history -- To 500. --- Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D. --- Rome -- Economic conditions -- 510-30 B.C. --- Economic history --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Babylonia --- Rome --- Egypt --- Economic conditions. --- Economic conditions --- Vavilonii︠a︡ --- Bavel --- Bābil --- Babylonien --- Sumer --- E-books

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"Why are the rays of the Greek god Helios on the forehead of a crocodile-headed Egyptian deity? Navigating the maze of Greek and Egyptian communities and creeds, Gaëlle Tallet investigates the plasticity of material culture in the polytheistic context of Graeco-Roman Egypt. Using the Ariadne's thread of the manufacturing of new images, suitable to new needs and new understandings of the divine, La Splendeur des dieux opens the doors of the workshops where these images were designed, ordered and crafted. Tallet offers a full re-appraisal of the cultural balance of powers in Graeco-Roman Egypt, depicting the indigenous clergies and artists as integratedactors of an Egyptian Hellenicity that helped promote and preserve their millenaries-old traditions. Que viennent faire les rayons solaires du dieu grec Hélios sur le front d'un dieu crocodile égyptien ? Cette question est au point de départ d'une enquête au cœur de la plasticité du système polythéiste de l'Égypte gréco-romaine. Parcourant le labyrinthe des diverses communautés et croyances grecques et égyptiennes, Gaëlle Tallet utilise le fil d'Ariane de la production des images religieuses, réponses à de nouveaux besoins et de nouvelles perceptions du divin, et ouvre les portes des ateliers où elles ont été conçues, commandées et façonnées. La Splendeur des dieux propose une réévaluation du rôle des clergés et des artistes indigènes dans l'élaboration d'un hellénisme proprement égyptien, qui leur a permis de promouvoir et préserver des traditions millénaires"--

Gods, Egyptian, in art. --- Gods, Greek, in art. --- Nimbus (Art) --- Egypt --- Religion --- Civilization --- 332 B.C.-638 A.D. --- Art, Hellenistic --- Egypt - Religion - 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt - Civilization - 332 B.C.-638 A.D. --- Aureola (Art) --- Glories (Art) --- Halo (Art) --- Nimbus --- Art --- Buddhist art and symbolism --- Christian art and symbolism --- Symbolism in art

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Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. The issues and concerns Shenoute grappled with on a daily basis, Ariel Lopez argues, were not local problems, unique to one small corner of the ancient world. Rather, they are crucial to interpreting late antiquity as a historical period-rural patronage, religious intolerance, the Christian care of the poor and the local impact of the late Roman state. His little known writings provide us not only with a rare opportunity to see the life of a holy man as he himself saw it, but also with a privileged window into his world. Lopez brings Shenoute to prominence as witness of and participant in the major transformations of his time.

Coptic monasticism and religious orders - History. --- Coptic monasticism and religious orders -- History. --- Egypt - Economic conditions - 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt - History - 30 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt -- History -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Romans - Egypt. --- Romans -- Egypt. --- Shenute. --- Shenute, Saint, ca. 348-466. --- Coptic monasticism and religious orders --- Romans --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- History --- Shenute, --- Egypt --- Economic conditions --- History. --- Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --- Shanūdah, --- Chenouté, --- Schenute, --- Shenoute, --- Shenoud, --- Schenoudi, --- Shenouti, --- Sinuthius, --- Shenouda, --- Shinūdah, --- Sanutios, --- Senouthios, --- Shenoudi, --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Coptic monasteries --- Coptic monasticism and religious orders - History --- Romans - Egypt --- Sinuthius ab. in Thebaide --- Shenute, - Saint, - approximately 348-466 --- 5th century egypt. --- alexandria. --- ancient history. --- ancient world. --- antiquities. --- archaeology. --- ascetics. --- care of the poor. --- christian charity. --- christianity. --- coptic writings. --- economy. --- egypt. --- engaging. --- historical period. --- history of christianity. --- history. --- holy man. --- late antiquity. --- literary source. --- loquacious preacher. --- monks. --- pagans. --- poor. --- religion. --- religious intolerance. --- religious. --- retrospective. --- roman state. --- rural patronage. --- society. --- spiritual. --- stern abbot. --- stories of faith.

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Lost in Egypt's honeycombed hills, distanced by its western desert, or rendered inaccessible by subsequent urban occupation, the monumental decorated tombs of the Graeco-Roman period have received little scholarly attention. This volume serves to redress this deficiency. It explores the narrative pictorial programs of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman-period Egypt (ca.300 BCE-250 CE). Its aim is to recognize the tombs' commonalities and differences across ethnic divides and to determine the rationale that lies behind these connections and dissonances. This book sets the tomb programs within their social, political, and religious context and analyzes the manner in which the multicultural population of Graeco-Roman Egypt chose to negotiate death and the afterlife.

Narrative art --- Tombs --- Death --- Decoration and ornament --- Cultural pluralism --- Tombeaux --- Mort --- Décoration et ornement --- Art narratif --- Diversité culturelle --- Social aspects --- History --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Antiquities. --- Ethnic relations --- Religious life and customs. --- Antiquités --- Relations interethniques --- Vie religieuse --- Art, Decorative --- Decorative art --- Decorative design --- Design, Decorative --- Nature in ornament --- Ornament --- Painting, Decorative --- Art --- Decorative arts --- Arts and crafts movement --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Mastabas --- Philosophy --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Antiquities --- Religious life and customs --- Cultural diversity --- Diversity, Cultural --- Diversity, Religious --- Ethnic diversity --- Pluralism (Social sciences) --- Pluralism, Cultural --- Religious diversity --- Culture --- Cultural fusion --- Ethnicity --- Multiculturalism --- Art, Narrative --- Narrative art (Visual arts) --- Art genres --- Decoration and ornament, Primitive --- Tombs - Egypt --- Death - Social aspects - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Decoration and ornament - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Narrative art - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Cultural pluralism - Egypt - History - To 1500 --- Egypt - Antiquities --- Egypt - History - Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt - Ethnic relations - History - To 1500 --- Egypt - Religious life and customs