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The study of religion and religious identities in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East has been a focus within archaeology and ancient history for centuries. Yet the transition between the Hellenistic and Roman period remains difficult to grasp from the archaeological and epigraphic evidence. This volume brings together contributions by leading scholars working on religious identity and religion in the Hellenistic and Roman periods in the Roman Near East. For this volume they have been asked to address a variety of questions concerning religion, religious development, and religious identities from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. These research questions have resulted in a suite of contributions which draw upon a wide range of empirical evidence, from epigraphical material to literary and archaeological sources. In the ancient Near East we cannot speak of a common religion, nor of a common literary tradition, but when seen through the lens of contextualization, the material and textual evidence brings forward new narratives about the great variations in worship, myths, and identities, as well as the different religious systems of the region and of the people inhabiting it. The contributions offer concretized ideas about and research on various aspects of religion within a framework of very different settings, of local, regional, or imperial character.

Identification (Religion) --- Sacred space --- Religious architecture --- Art and religion --- History --- Middle East --- Mediterranean Region --- Religion --- Art and religion. --- Identification (Religion). --- Religion. --- Religious architecture. --- Sacred space. --- History. --- To 622. --- Mediterranean Region. --- Middle East. --- Lieux sacrés --- Architecture religieuse --- Art et religion --- Histoire --- Moyen-Orient --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Lieux sacrés --- Méditerranée, Région de la

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"The ancient city of Palmyra is, rightly, famous for its major monumental architecture and its vast corpus of funerary portraiture, most of which dates from the first three centuries ad. This material has long been central to art-historical, archaeological, and epigraphical studies of the region. However, up to now, relatively little attention has been paid to the 'small stuff' from Palmyra - seemingly minor items such as the enigmatic local coinage and the richly iconographic banqueting tesserae found scattered across the city's sanctuaries - which has never been comprehensively studied, but may have had huge importance for the people who lived in Roman Palmyra. This volume, which arises from the research project 'Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability in Antiquity' headed by Prof. Rubina Raja, aims to redress the balance by giving new focus to these small finds with a view to studying them and better understanding their significance in Palmyrene social and religious life. Drawing together experts on Palmyra's archaeology, history, and language, the volume offers insights and reflections into various aspects of the city's coins and tesserae in both their local setting and their wider regional context. In doing so, the contributions gathered here open up new lines of enquiry, and at the same time underline how much we still have to learn from studying even the smallest items"--Page [4] of cover.

Coinage --- Tesserae --- Monnaie --- Monnaies antiques --- Mosaïque antique --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Frappe --- Tadmur (Syrie ; région) --- Tadmur (Syria) --- Antiquités. --- Antiquities. --- Coins, Ancient --- Tudmur (Syria) --- Tadmor (Syria) --- Tedmor (Syria) --- Palmyra (Syria) --- Palmyre (Syria) --- Palmyra --- Tokens --- Legal tender --- Mints --- Money --- Silver question

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Excavations (Archaeology) --- Extinct cities --- Tadmur (Syria) --- Antiquities.

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The oasis city of Palmyra in the Syrian Desert has long been the focus of scholarly attention, both as a major cultural locus at the heart of the ancient world, active in trade and politics, and as an important local centre of religion, attested through the archaeology and historical sources related to the site. In this volume, which is the outcome of a conference organized within the framework of the Palmyra Portrait Project, the latest research from scholars working on Palmyra is drawn together to offer new insights into both the city's religious life and its wider implications for our understanding of religious life in the Near East in general in the first three centuries CE. Incorporating analyses and discussions of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources that shed light on Palmyrene religion, the contributions gathered here reassess and discuss the beliefs and practices that were followed in the city, assess the different cults that existed, and present new insights into the development and function of the city's religious communities and spaces. Together, these chapters provide a vital update to our understanding of how people lived and worshipped in this city, which remains crucial to the broader understanding of the role of religion and religious practices in urban contexts in antiquity.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Tadmur (Syria) --- Religion. --- Sacred space --- Relief (Sculpture), Ancient --- Religion --- Antiquities --- Tadmur (Palymra, Syria) --- Tadmur (Palmyra, Syria) --- History --- Tadmur (Syria) - Antiquities --- Tadmur (Syria) - Religion

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Présentation de l'éditeur: "This volume tackles aspects of the overlooked but crucial pottery of the Byzantine and Umayyad periods stemming from Gerasa, modern Jerash, in northern Jordan. While the city of Gerasa - modern-day Jerash - is perhaps best known for the impressive remains left by its Roman inhabitants, the Byzantine and Umayyad periods (fifth-eighth centuries AD) were also eras during which the city blossomed and its population boomed. Pottery production in this period also peaked: excavations over the last hundred years have revealed a vast quantity of ceramic finds, creating a challenge for archaeologists to cope with the sheer quantity of material as they seek to define and refine the typology of local ceramics. This volume presents an in-depth examination of finds from Jerash dating to the Byzantine and Umayyad periods. Through this analysis, it seeks to provide a better understanding of local pottery production and the role it played in the development of the city. The chapters included here explore techniques of production, identify key locations for ceramic work, and examine these developments as part of broader socio-economic patterns within the region. The contributions also analyse other artefacts from the city, including coinage and fine wares, as part of this wider discussion. The volume thus offers a unique academic contribution aimed at bringing to the forefront issues of continuity and change in Jerash in the dynamic period between the fifth and eighth centuries CE."

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Pottery, Ancient --- Architecture, Ancient --- Gerasa (Extinct city) --- Jordanië --- Geschiedenis --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Antiquités byzantines --- Antiquités --- Antiquities, Byzantine. --- Antiquities.