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Author Shaw, Brent.

Title Bringing in the Sheaves : Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World.

Publication Info. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (478 pages).
text file
Series The Robson classical lectures
Robson classical lectures.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Wheat -- Harvesting -- Rome -- History.
Wheat -- Harvesting -- Social aspects -- Rome -- History.
Wheat -- Harvesting -- Economic aspects -- Rome -- History.
Labor -- Rome -- History.
Romans -- Agriculture -- Africa, North -- Biography.
Romans.
Agriculture.
North Africa.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Africa, North -- History -- To 647.
History.
Chronological Term To 647
Subject Rome -- Social life and customs.
Rome (Empire)
Manners and customs.
Rome -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Shaw, Brent. Bringing in the Sheaves : Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2015 9781442629226
ISBN 9781442661592
1442661593
9781442644793
1442644796