The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD
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In The Islamic Funerary Inscriptions of Bahrain, Pre-1317 AH/1900 AD , the authors present a study of the funerary inscriptions based upon fieldwork completed in Bahrain between 2013-2015. A comprehensive illustrated catalogue of 150 gravestones in 26 locations is provided with transcription of the inscriptions into modern Arabic and translation into English. Subjects considered include: the history of Islamic burial, gravestone, and cemetery research on Bahrain, gravestone chronology, gravestone and cemetery types, stone sources and gravestone manufacture, the gravestone inscriptions, content, iconography and decoration, and the archaeology of the shrines and cemeteries in which some of the gravestones were found, contemporary practices relating to cemeteries, graves, and gravestones, the threats facing the gravestones, and management options for protecting and presenting the gravestones.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004383661 :
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Die Felsgräbernekropole der Qubbet el-Hawa bei Assuan : I. Abteilung /
: II. Abteilung previously published 1967-1980, with titles: Die Felsgräber der Qubbet el Hawa bei Assuan, and Die Felsgräbernekropole der Qubbet el-Hawa bei Assuan. : 3 volumes (cxliv, 2072 pages) : illustrations, color plates ; 31 cm. + 88 plates, 43 plans (many folded) in slipcase (43 cm.) : Includes bibliographical references. : 9783506763433
The early and late Roman rural cemetery at Nemesbőd (Vas County, Hungary) /
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The Roman cemetery at Nemesbőd belonged to a settlement or a villa which was located on the territory of the Roman colony of Savaria (present day Szombathey, Hungary) in Pannonia. This book deals with 37 graves, which consisted of mainly cremation but also of some inhumation burials. Detailed analysis of grave goods (bronze vessels, pottery, glass, personal accessories, lamps etc.) provides a study of burial customs and their evolution. In addition, specialist reports on human remains and animal bone as well as on epigraphic material are presented.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910495 (PDF ebook) :
The Abu Bakr cemetery at Giza /
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"The present volume reflects the work of the joint expedition of Cairo University and Brown University to record and publish the tombs uncovered on behalf of Cairo University by Prof. Abdel-Moneim Abu Bakr from 1949 through 1953, but never published. The loss of field records and lack of a map of the site meant that new, salvage excavation had to be undertaken. A total of six seasons, from 2000-2006 resulted in the clearing, remapping, and recording of the monuments in the cemetery. Abu Bakr Cemetery is of particular interest because the majority of mastaba tombs belong to relatively low-ranking individuals. Thus they have the potential to she light on the social status of Egypt's working classes"--
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xlii, 653 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. + 1 folded map. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781948488020
1948488027
Die Struktur des thebanischen Beamtenfriedhofs in der ersten Halfte der 18 Dynastie : Analyse von Position, Grundrissgestaltung und Bildprogramm der Graber /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral -- Heidelberg. 1994/95). : xx, 441 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm. : Bibliography (pages xvii-xx) : 3933684005
A Kerma Ancien cemetery in the Northern Dongola reach : excavations at site H29 /
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This volume is the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey conducted between 1993 and 1997. It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment, to be compared with the extensive information available from investigations of the cemetery associated with the metropolis of Kerma 100km to the north. It includes a range of specialist reports on all categories of artefacts recovered as well as on the physical anthropology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919320 (ebook) :
Aspekte der napatanischen Gesellschaft : archäologisches Inventar und funeräre Praxis im Friedhof von Sanam : Perspektiven einer kulturhistorischen Interpretation /
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524 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. + 1 folded map in pocket. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-524). :
3700170033
9783700170037
The Romano-British villa and Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Eccles, Kent : a summary of the excavations by Alex Detsicas with a consideration of the archaeological, historical and linguis...
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This volume presents a study of the central and lower Medway valley during the 1st millennium AD, focusing on the 1962-1976 excavation of the Eccles Roman villa and Anglo-Saxon cemetery directed by Alex Detsicas. The author gives an account of the long history of the villa and provides a reassessment of the architectural evidence which Detsicas presented.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695885 (PDF ebook) :