Seals and sealing practices in the Near East : developments in administration and magic from prehistory to the Islamic period ; proceedings of an international workshop at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on December 2-3, 2009
| Körperschaft: |
Seals and Sealing Practices from Ancient Times until the Present Day (Workshop) Cairo, Egypt)
Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo |
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Duistermaat, Kim
Regulski, Ilona Verkinderen, Peter |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leuven :
Peeters,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xvi, 218 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ;
219 |
| Schlagworte: |
Verwaltung
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| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Ägypten |
| Online Zugang: |
Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction / I. Regulski
- Which came first, the bureaucrat or the seal? Some thoughts on the non-administrative origins of seals in Neolithic Syria / K. Duistermaat
- Do seal impressions prove a change in the administration during the reign of King Den? / V. Müller
- The transition from the Linear A to the Linear B sealing system / H. Tomas
- Protection, control and prestige : seals among the rural population of Qau-Matmar / U. Dubiel
- "Non signat Aegyptus"? Seals and stamps in the multicultural society of Greco-Roman Egypt / K. Vandorpe and B. Van Beek
- On the development of Sasanian seals and sealing practice : a Mesopotamian approach / N.C. Ritter
- Magical protection and stamps in Byzantium / B. Caseau
- Sealing practices in the Byzantine administration / J.-Cl. Cheynet and B. Caseau
- Sealing practices in the monasteries of Late Antique and Early Medieval Egypt / C. Kotsifou
- Seals and papyri from early Islamic Egypt / P.M. Sijpesteijn
- The seal of Solomon : from magic to messianic device / E. Fernández Medina
- Seals in Islamic magical literature / S. Dorpmüller
- Block printing as an extension of the practice of stamping / K.R. Schaefer.
