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The Ceramic Oil Lamp as an Indicator of Cultural Change within Nabataean Society in Petra and its Environs circa CE 106 / Deirdre Grace Barrett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late AntiquityPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (204 p.) : 118Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781593336288
  • 9781463213985
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 730
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Theoretical Concerns -- 2. The Geography and History of Nabataea -- 3. Sacred and Ceremonial Sites -- 4. The Ceramic Oil Lamp, Function, Form and Type -- 5. Distribution of Lamps within the Sites -- 6. Cultural change and Religious Identity: A Worldview Reconsidered -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: How did the Nabataeans view their world at the time of the Roman annexation in CE 106? If it is possible to detect an altered perception after their monarchy was dissolved at that time, how can we be sure it was authentic and not a veneer, masking the identity of a disaffected people? One approach is to consider religious practice as a diagnostic for identity within Nabataean society. Religious practice is examined through the ceramic oil lamp, a ubiquitous vessel that can portray socio-political and religious symbolism and cultural hybridization.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Theoretical Concerns -- 2. The Geography and History of Nabataea -- 3. Sacred and Ceremonial Sites -- 4. The Ceramic Oil Lamp, Function, Form and Type -- 5. Distribution of Lamps within the Sites -- 6. Cultural change and Religious Identity: A Worldview Reconsidered -- Bibliography -- Index

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How did the Nabataeans view their world at the time of the Roman annexation in CE 106? If it is possible to detect an altered perception after their monarchy was dissolved at that time, how can we be sure it was authentic and not a veneer, masking the identity of a disaffected people? One approach is to consider religious practice as a diagnostic for identity within Nabataean society. Religious practice is examined through the ceramic oil lamp, a ubiquitous vessel that can portray socio-political and religious symbolism and cultural hybridization.

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In English.

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