Publication

2020 - Izdatelʹstvo Gosudarstvennogo Ėrmitazha, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia (Federation)

Language

Russian

Word Count

49,250 words, Guess

Page Count

197 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCDS99.P17 G678 2020

Alternate Titles

  • Palʹmira v Ėrmitazhe
  • Palmyra in the Hermitage

Description

A brief survey of the city's history, a description of its principal architectural landmarks and the history of the discovery and research on the Palmyra Customs Tariff, including a translation of its Aramaic and Greek texts. The book also includes the text of Jacob Khouri's journal of the 1901 expedition to Palmyra and a catalogue of Palmyrene antiquities in the Hermitage Museum: funerary sculpture and fragments, ceramic tesserae with images and inscriptions.

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