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Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
Mary Joan Win Leith
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Description for Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
Hardcover. The Wadi ed-Daliyeh seal impressions are clay sealings originally affixed to the Samaria Papyri (legal documents in the Aramaic language drawn up in the city of Samaria and dating from the mid-4th century BC). This volume presents a catalogue and analysis of the legible sealings and two gold rings. Series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. Num Pages: 272 pages, 44 plates. BIC Classification: 1FB; GBCR; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD; HRJ; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 322 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1201.
The Wadi ed-Daliyeh seal impressions are clay sealings originally affixed to the Samaria Papyri (legal documents in the Aramaic language drawn up in the city of Samaria and securely dated to the mid-fourth century BCE). The images on these sealings belong to the Greek, Achaemenid Persian, and West Semitic artistic traditions. Because the sealings derive largely from the signet rings and stamps of the wealthy Samarian men and women mentioned in the papyri, they provide a rare glimpse of the cultural influences to which one area of Palestine was exposed before the coming of Alexander. This volume presents a catalogue ... Read more
The Wadi ed-Daliyeh seal impressions are clay sealings originally affixed to the Samaria Papyri (legal documents in the Aramaic language drawn up in the city of Samaria and securely dated to the mid-fourth century BCE). The images on these sealings belong to the Greek, Achaemenid Persian, and West Semitic artistic traditions. Because the sealings derive largely from the signet rings and stamps of the wealthy Samarian men and women mentioned in the papyri, they provide a rare glimpse of the cultural influences to which one area of Palestine was exposed before the coming of Alexander. This volume presents a catalogue ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198269359
SKU
V9780198269359
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Reviews for Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
A work of the highest academic standards ... I would like to endorse fully the opinion given by W.E. Aufrecht (CBQ 61 [1999]: 755): "It is an extraordinary work of erudition and scholarship; one that informs many fields of inquiry, not the least of which are Greek, Persian, Phoenician, and Jewish history and culture with their manifold interrelationships."
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