scholarly journals A fish from the sea

2011 ◽  
pp. 353-356
Author(s):  
Adam Łukaszewicz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Salted Fish ◽  
Staple Diet ◽  
River Fish

The author uses the vehicle of a jubilar text to explore fish transport in antiquity looking at the issue from the point of view of Egyptian Alexandria. For instance, the appearance of Pontic salted fish on the Alexandrian market is testimony of far-flung trade. Papyri bring several mentions of such salted fish of superior quality (tarichos leptos) being sent to enrich the staple diet of the Oxyrhynchite elite. The fish that reached Oxyrhynchus could have also come from the Red Sea, taking advantage of fairly regular communication in the Roman period. Salted fish were also produced locally in Egypt, mostly from river fish, by the fishermen, but also by professional taricheutae, who were also the embalmers preparing the mummies.

A Nabatean port on the Red Sea: note on the pottery finds from al-Qusayr (al-Wajh, Saudi Arabia)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Durand
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Roman Egypt ◽  
Pottery Sherds ◽  
First Time

Al-Qusayr is located 40 km south of modern al-Wajh, roughly 7 km from the eastern Red Sea shore. This site is known since the mid-19th century, when the explorer R. Burton described it for the first time, in particular the remains of a monumental building so-called al-Qasr. In March 2016, a new survey of the site was undertaken by the al-‘Ula–al-Wajh Survey Project. This survey focused not only on al-Qasr but also on the surrounding site corresponding to the ancient settlement. A surface collection of pottery sherds revealed a striking combination of Mediterranean and Egyptian imports on one hand, and of Nabataean productions on the other hand. This material is particularly homogeneous on the chronological point of view, suggesting a rather limited occupation period for the site. Attesting contacts between Mediterranean merchants, Roman Egypt and the Nabataean kingdom, these new data allow a complete reassessment of the importance of this locality in the Red Sea trade routes during antiquity.

Las Actas de los mártires. Una actualización de los Documentos Sobre los Primeros Cristianos

Augustinianum ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-400
Author(s):  
Mª Amparo Mateo Donet ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Exhaustive List

This paper is an update of the documents we have concerning the Acts of the Christian martyrs, focused on three main aspects: 1) the kind of acts we know of and their classification from the point of view of their historic value; 2) the versions or editions of the texts that are most accepted by scholars; 3) the relevance of the different parts that make up these documents in order to discern the original text from passages that were rewritten or underwent later variations. In this way, the article offers an exhaustive list of the documents for use in researching Christian martyrs in the Roman period.

Time Framing Early Medieval Stone Building North of the Alps—A Discussion of Recent Challenging Results

Radiocarbon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1657-1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Hueglin
Keyword(s):  
Organic Material ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Sampling Process ◽  
The Alps ◽  
The Subject ◽  
City Walls

AbstractEarly Medieval stone building began earlier and was more widespread than previously thought. This conclusion is the result of scientific dating that challenges traditional views of the “petrification” process in architecture north of the Alps after the Roman period. Radiocarbon (14C) dating is not precise enough to answer detailed questions connected to historical contexts, but recently there have been a number of surprising dates: “Roman” city walls have now Early Medieval phases or meter-high, obscure “dark earth” strata were subdivided and dated. Results not in line with clients’ expectations can be the subject of heated debates, or worse, tend to remain unpublished. To the archaeologist, who is trying to connect scientific dates with historical events, usually is not clear, that mortar dating is a methodology still being developed, while dating organic material like charcoal from mortar is a standard procedure. But even the latter has downfalls like the possible “old-wood-effect,” if such complications are not carefully considered and avoided during the sampling process. Drawing on examples from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and France, recent challenging results will be discussed from an archaeologist’s point of view.

scholarly journals La singularidad cultural del área pirenaico-occidental: dinámicas y persistencias entre la Edad del Hierro y la Época romana / The cultural specificity of West Pyrenean area: dynamics and continuities between the Iron Age and the Roman period

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Eneko Hiriart ◽  
Laurent Callegarin ◽  
Philippe Gardes ◽  
François Réchin
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Easy Task ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
New Research ◽  
Western Pyrenees

It is not an easy task to study the «Basque-Aquitanian» area during the Antiquity. Fortunately, Joaquín Gorrochategui’s research opened up a few new research routes to improve our knowledge of this area. From an archaeological point of view, both sides of the western Pyrenees have their own cultural specificity, which differs from their Gaulish, Iberian and Celtiberian neighbours. This paper focuses on two archaeological materials, ceramic and coinage, to better understand the cultural dynamics, the ethnic complexity and the evolution of the local populations, in between the Iron Age and the Roman period.

The harbor of Berenike in the early Roman period: overview of the excavations from 2009 to 2015; with Appendix: The pottery evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-132
Author(s):  
Iwona Zych
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
University Of Delaware ◽  
Economic Landscape

Excavations by the American–Polish project in Berenike on the Red Sea, co-directed from 2008 by Steven E. Sidebotham (University of Delaware) and Iwona Zych (PCMA University of Warsaw), have aimed at uncovering and reconstructing the ancient landscape of the southwestern embayment, tentatively identified as the harbor of the Hellenistic and early Roman city, and its immediate vicinity. A review of the evidence from the excavation of several trenches in this area paints a picture of the bay—still incomplete—and contributes to a reconstruction of the cultural and economic landscape, the "lived experience" of the town's inhabitants and incoming merchants and sailors during the heyday of "Imperial" Berenike, that is, in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

The Cult of Chersonasos in Tauric Chersonesos

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-89
Author(s):  
Joanna Porucznik
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The City

This paper discusses the nature of the cult of a certain Chersonasos who appears in the so-called Diophantos decree from Tauric Chersonesos (iospei2352, 52). The interpretation of Chersonasos, especially in connection with the local coinage, has long been a matter of debate and still remains an open question. The coins that are traditionally interpreted as bearing the image of Chersonasos date from the 1st cent.bcto the 2nd cent.ad. It is demonstrated that in fact they represent more than one type of a head image, which may lead to interpretations divergent from the traditional point of view. It is argued that Chersonasos represented on local coinage was a personification of the city; previous interpretations are reassessed and a plausible explanation of the occurrence of this cult is offered in connection with the political situation of the city during the Roman period.

An Ordinance Against Images in Jerusalem, A.D. 66

1956 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecil Roth
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Subject

The problem of the attitude of Judaism towards art and images, at the beginning of the Christian era, has again come to the forefront of scholarly enquiry as a result of the publication of the first volumes of E. R. Goodenough's monumental work, Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (vols. 1–3, New York 1953; vol. 4, New York 1954). In these learned pages, every particle of evidence bearing on the subject is carefully considered, and the author emphatically confirms as fundamental to his main thesis the accepted view: that at least up to the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70, there was a completely effective Rabbinic ban on any sort of iconographic representation for whatever purpose. (His striking conclusions with regard to the later period need not concern us here.) In this article, I would like to reconsider this matter from a slightly different point of view. I propose in it, however, to adopt a criterion which is nowadays becoming somewhat unusual: not only to confine myself to strictly contemporary testimony, but moreover to assume that the contemporaries meant exactly what they said.

scholarly journals Effect of lactic acid and lysozyme on river fish fillets during cold storage

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (S1) ◽  
pp. 137-143
Author(s):  
Lien Le Phuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Cold Storage ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Surface Color ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Fish Fillets ◽  
Catfish Fillets ◽  
River Fish

AbstractPresented work evaluated how quality of catfish fillets is affected by treatments using lactic acid or lysozyme in combination with chlorine. Fish fillets without skin were consecutively immersed and washed in 100 ppm chlorine solution and sprayed with 2.5% lactic acid or 0.5% lysozyme solution. Control samples were only washed with water at the same time. Samples were stored at 2 °C for 10 days in vacuum packaging. Parameters of pH, firmness, surface color and microbial cell counts (cfu/g) were measured on the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th days. Especially the latter had high importance from the point of view of food safety. Catfish fillets shown decreased survival of microorganisms as a result of treatment. Lysozyme and lactic acid achieved 1.8 and 2.4 log cfu/g reduction, respectively. Lower cell counts were observed for all treated samples compared to control during 10 days. Chlorine in combination with lactic acid achieved the best efficiency. The results are promising and suggest that combined treatment is able to improve safety by controlling microorganisms on fish fillets during cold storage.

A CHECKLIST OF CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA) OF ISRAEL AND ADJACENT REGIONS

1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inka Dor
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Lake Kinneret ◽  
Fish Ponds ◽  
Jordan River ◽  
Terrestrial Habitats ◽  
River Fish ◽  
Freshwater Springs

Cyanophyta have been investigated in Israel by a number of scientists since early in this century. During the years 1938–1996 fifty-six works were published, describing cyanophyta flora from a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, including Lake Kinneret, Lake Huleh, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Dead Sea, Jordan River, fish ponds, freshwater and polluted reservoirs, rocks and soils, and a number of thermal and freshwater springs. In addition to the 284 taxa described in the published works, the checklist also includes 61 taxa from unpublished materials.

scholarly journals ТЕХНИКА ТРЕПАНАЦИИ У ЖИТЕЛЕЙ ФАЙЮМСКОГО ОАЗИСА (ЕГИПЕТ) В ГРЕКО РИМСКОЕ ВРЕМЯ

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
С.В. Васильев ◽  
Е.Ю. Гиря ◽  
С.Б. Боруцкая
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
The Third ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
History Of

Статья посвящена биоархеологическому исследованию нескольких случаев хирургической трепанации у населения Файюмского оазиса (Египет), жившего в греко-римский период. Данная работа интересна также и с точки зрения истории медицины. Нами было изучены три черепа с трепанационными отверстиями. Было выявлено, что в двух первых случаях операция скорее всего проводилась при помощи острого прямого долотовидного лезвия. Ширина рабочего края орудия составляла от 7 до 9 мм. Оба индивида (пожилой мужчина и молодая женщина) после операции некоторое время сохраняли свою жизнеспособность. В третьем случае техника трепанационной операции была более сложной и взрослый мужчина, к сожалению, после нее не выжил The article is devoted to the bioarchaeological study of several cases of surgical trepanation in the population of the Fayum oasis (Egypt), who lived in the Greco-Roman period. This work is also interesting from the point of view of the history of medicine. We studied three skulls with trepanned holes. It was found that in the first two cases, the operation was most likely carried out using a sharp straight chisel blade. The width of the working edge of the tool ranged from 7 to 9 mm. Both individuals (an elderly man and a young woman) retained their vitality for some time after the operation. In the third case, the technique of trepanation operation was more complicated and the adult man, unfortunately, did not survive it

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