Some Remarks on the Anthroponymy of Dura Europos (and on the Name of the City)
- Autores: Giulia Francesca Grassi
- Localización: ‘Names and Their Environment’: Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Glasgow, 25-29 August 2014 / Carole Hough (ed. lit.), Daria Izdebska (ed. lit.), 2016, ISBN 978-0-85261-947-6, págs. 85-93
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Roman Syria is characterized by a multilingual environment, and a composite anthroponymy, both Semitic and Indo-European. The city of Dura Europos, in the Middle Euphrates, is a good example of cultural, linguistic and onomastic interactions, as is clear from its double name: founded in ca 300 BC by the Seleucids, the city was conquered by the Parthians at the end of the 2nd century BC, and was disputed between the Arsacids and the Romans for centuries. Finally, the city was conquered in 256 AD by the Sassanians, and then abandoned. Situated on the border between the Roman and the Parthian empires, Dura was cosmopolitan in character, as is evident from the 19 sanctuaries, from the several languages attested in its numerous (more than 1000) inscriptions (Greek, Latin, Palmyrene, Hatran, Early Syriac, Jewish Aramaic, Hebrew, Safaitic, Middle Persian), and from the variety of its anthroponyms. The paper will focus on the anthroponymy of the city, offering an overview of the different onomastics traditions interacting in the city, and trying to evaluate their respective weight and characteristics.
