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Epigraphy, material culture, and social religious history of the Roman Near East

14 July 2026 - 14 July 2026

2:00PM - 6:30PM

CL108, Classics and Ancient History Department

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Convenors: Ilaria Bucci & Ted Kaizer

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EPIGRAPHY, MATERIAL CULTURE, AND SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE ROMAN NEAR EAST
 
14 July 2026
Department of Classics & Ancient History – Seminar Room (CL108)
 
Under the Auspices of the Durham Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (CAMNE)
 
 
14:00-14:30     Ted Kaizer (Durham)
Palmyrene epigraphy and the study of religious life in the Roman Near East
14:30-15:00     Jean-Baptiste Yon (Lyon)
A new late ‘Palmyrene’ relief from Athens?
15:00-15:30     Tom Sale (Durham)
Reconstructing religious practice in the Palmyrene steppe: the temple of Abgal at Khirbet Semrin
15:30-16:00     COFFEE/TEA
16:00-16:30     Ilaria Bucci (Durham)
Visualising femininity in the Parthian West: women in the art and epigraphy of Hatra
16:30-17:00     Lucinda Dirven (Nijmegen)
The survival of Mesopotamian religion in the Aramaic world. How was it done? 
17:00-17:30     TEA/COFFEE
17:30-18:00     Margherita Facella (Pisa)
The new stelai from Kimil Dagi and the cult of mountains in the Roman Near East
18:00-18.30:    Marco Moriggi (Catania)
Between reading and seeing letters in the Roman Near East: views from the garrison of Kifrin

 

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