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
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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 / edited by Ilona Regulski, Kim Duistermaat and Peter Verkinderen. |
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| Corporate Author: | Seals and Sealing Practices from Ancient Times until the Present Day (Workshop) Cairo, Egypt), Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo. |
| Other authors: | Duistermaat, Kim.Regulski, Ilona.Verkinderen, Peter. |
| Format: | Book |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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. Muller
- 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 / 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 / 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. Fernandez Medina
- Seals in Islamic Magical Literature / S. Dorpmuller.