Journal Articles (History and Classics)
Items in this Collection
- 13Harvey, Craig A.
- 8Dominik Wujastyk
- 7Wujastyk, Dominik
- 6Reeves, M. Barbara
- 1Agathe Keller
- 1Clemency Montelle
- 10Roman Arabia
- 8Humayma
- 7Roman provinces
- 6Archaeology of Jordan
- 4Ceramic building materials
- 4Hypocaust
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2018-01-01
Reeves, M. Barbara, Harvey, Craig A., Seymour, Brian
In May 2014 the Ḥumayma Excavation Project (HEP) conducted a short survey in the sandstone hills and ridges to the west of Ḥumayma’s Nabataean to early Islamic settlement.
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1990
It has been said that “of the whole collating project, the hardest part to carry out with complete success is probably the business of finding out what manuscripts there are.”1 This remark, originally intended to apply to classical Latin and Greek works, is even more true for Sanskrit...
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1997
1 The demand for digitized information: Everyone today is mad with digitization-fever. What does it mean for Sanskritists? Where will it end? Can we afford it? Can we afford not to do it? The talk opened by addressing the question “What is the audience for digital archives?” The following...
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2006
Introduction: A visitor to the Indian city of Thanjavur finds two great cultural monuments. The first is the Temple of Brihadisvara, one of the most magnificent temples in India. The temple was founded almost one thousand years ago by King Rajrajesvara of the Chola dynasty (985-1016). The second...
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2017
Kim Plofker, Agathe Keller, Dominik Wujastyk, Takao Hayashi, Clemency Montelle
Popular attention has recently been captured by the results of the Bodleian Library's 2017 project of radiocarbon dating portions of the birch-bark fragments constituting what is known as the Bakhshālī Manuscript. In this paper, we disagree with the interpretation of the findings announced by the...
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2022-01-01
In the summer of 2015, the ‘Ayn Gharandal Archaeological Project excavated a large section of the site’s Late Roman bath. This excavation resulted in the collection of a considerable quantity of ceramic building materials, including bricks, tubuli (specialized rectangular heating pipes), and...
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2007
Introduction: The book consists of 87 chapters and an epilogue, arranged in 15 broad topical sections such as "Food and Drink," "Poisoning," "Birth and Development of a Human Being," and "Rules for Healthy Living." There is a substantial introduction of 34 pages. A pleasing feature of the book is...
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The Manufacture of Ceramic Building Materials from the Roman Fort at Hauarra (Modern Humayma, Jordan)
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Harvey, Craig A., Reeves, M. Barbara
This short article presents findings from a recent study of the ceramic building materials found in the second to fourth century AD Roman fort at Hauarra (modern Humayma, Jordan). While ubiquitous in the region, this material (i.e. bricks, cylindrical pipes, tubuli, and roof tiles) generally...
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1988
Survey of digital metafonts