Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond

RUBINA RAJA is Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Director of the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for Urban Network Evolutions. She also directs several collective research projects focusing on the archaeology, history, and cultural heritage of Palmyra, including the Palmyra Portrait Project. Her books include Pearl of the Desert. A History of Palmyra (2022) and Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC – AD 250: Aphrodisias, Athens, Ephesos, Gerasa (2012).

• 1. Palmyra in the Mediterranean World Rubina Raja; 2. The Western Networks of Palmyra Eivind Heldaas Seland; 3. You Can't Get There from Here: Itineraries of the Palmyrenes in the Mediterranean Jean-Baptiste Yon; 4. Palmyrene Iconographic Traditions and the Mediterranean Connections: A Note on Some Signet Seal Impressions on the Palmyrene Tesserae Rubina Raja; 5. Palmyra and Emesa or 'Palmyre sans Émèse': Some Considerations on Palmyrene Trade Networks and the Mediterranean Leonardo Gregoratti; 6. Organizing Networks to Supply Mediterranean Markets Katia Schörle; 7. Language, Law and Religion: The Palmyrene Tariff in Its Roman Context John F. Healey; 8. Channels of Communication and Connections of Style; Palmyrene Portraiture in Its Wider Context Maura K. Heyn; 9. Identity and Mobility of Palmyrene Jews Eleonora Cussini; 10. Palmyrene Military Expatriation and Its Religious Transfer at Roman Dura-Europos, Dacia and Numidia Nathanael Andrade.