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Commemorating the dead : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials / edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2008.Description: xiv, 386 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9783110200546
  • 3110200546
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 393/.10937 22
LOC classification:
  • BL619.F85 C66 2008
Other classification:
  • 15.51
Online resources:
Contents:
An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. Hirschfeld -- Housing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-378) and index.

An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. Hirschfeld -- Housing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell.