History by Names. History and Onomastics, from Palmyrene to Roman Upper Mesopotamia. BAH 212.
IFPO| N° d'inventaire | 22565 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 296 p., B/W ill., maps, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Beirut, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782351597422 |
BAH 212. This series of studies aims to synthesize our knowledge of the onomastics of the area extending between Palmyrene and Upper Mesopotamia in the Roman period. The study of "local onomastic landscapes" is carried out in a region where, on an Aramaic substratum that is everywhere present, the successive contributions of Greek, Latin, even Iranian or Babylonian elements have been superimposed in proportions and conditions that vary in space and time. The rural or steppe areas of Palmyrene or Cyrrhestica neighbor Greek cities founded by the Macedonian kings at Dura or Zeugma, as well as with cities whose Semitic roots are more present, at Hierapolis or Edessa. The starting point for the reflection was the exceptional documentation concerning the Palmyrene troops of the Roman army garrisoned at Doura Europos: it gives the names of more than a thousand individuals. By comparing this documentation with that of the Palmyrene diaspora, with Palmyrene onomastics and that of neighboring areas, at Doura Europos and along the Euphrates, from Commagene to Mesopotamia, the work aims to examine the different onomastic types by attempting to place them in their geographical and social context and thus to propose a history of the region.
BAH 212. This series of studies aims to synthesize our knowledge of the onomastics of the area extending between Palmyrene and Upper Mesopotamia in the Roman period. The study of "local onomastic landscapes" is carried out in a region where, on an Aramaic substratum that is everywhere present, the successive contributions of Greek, Latin, even Iranian or Babylonian elements have been superimposed in proportions and conditions that vary in space and time. The rural or steppe areas of Palmyrene or Cyrrhestica neighbor Greek cities founded by the Macedonian kings at Dura or Zeugma, as well as with cities whose Semitic roots are more present, at Hierapolis or Edessa. The starting point for the reflection was the exceptional documentation concerning the Palmyrene troops of the Roman army garrisoned at Doura Europos: it gives the names of more than a thousand individuals. By comparing this documentation with that of the Palmyrene diaspora, with Palmyrene onomastics and that of neighboring areas, at Doura Europos and along the Euphrates, from Commagene to Mesopotamia, the work aims to examine the different onomastic types by attempting to place them in their geographical and social context and thus to propose a history of the region.