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Bringing in the sheaves : economy and metaphor in the Roman world
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- Summary
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The work features an edition of the reaper inscription, and a commentary on it. It is also lavishly illustrated to demonstrate the important iconic and pictorial dimensions of the story.
Details
- Creator
- Brent D. Shaw
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2013
- ©2013
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (478 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781442661592, 1442661607, 1442661593, 9781442629226, 1442644796, 1442629223, 9781442661608, 9781442644793
- OCLC
- ocn979756806, ocn958578469, ocn841909769, ocn999704867, on1303470246
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in print.
- English
- 1. Under the Burning Sun -- 2. Primus in arvis/First in the Fields -- 3. Sickle and Scythe/Man and Machine -- 4. The Grim Reapers -- 5. Blade of Vengeance -- Appendix 1. Harvesting contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy -- Appendix 2.: The Maktar harvester inscription : text and commentary -- Appendix 3. The Gallo-Roman reaping machines : iconographic data
Subjects
- Wheat -- Harvesting -- Rome -- History.
- Wheat -- Harvesting -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History.
- Wheat -- Harvesting -- Economic aspects -- Rome -- History.
- Labor -- Rome -- History.
- Romans -- Agriculture -- Africa, North -- Biography.
- Africa, North -- History -- To 647.
- Rome -- Social life and customs.
- Rome -- Economic conditions.