Inhalt: Habachi, Labib: Tell Basta Chapter 1: Introductory: Bubatis and its monuments Chapter II: The temple of Pepi I [I]: Description Chapter III: The temple of Pepi [III]: Finds and importance Chapter IV: General notes on the great temple [I]: Mihos temple and entrance hall Chapter V: General notes on the great temple [II]: Festival hall and hypostyle hall Chapter VI: General notes on the great temple [III]: The temple of Nektanebos (Nekht-har-hebi) Chapter VII: Work outside the temples Chapter VIII: Blocks transferred to Bubastis Chapter IX: Blocks removed from Bubastis Farid, Shafik: Preliminary report on the excavations of the antiquities department at Tell Basta

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Inhalt: I. VERSCHLEPPUNGSMASSNAHMEN a.) Longa Oratio b.) Aktive und passive Art der Verschleppung II FORMALE VERHINDERUNGSTECHNIKEN a.) Intercession b.) Das Aufdecken und Herbeiführen von Formfehlern III. SAKRALE OBSTRUKTIONSMÖGLICHKEITEN a.) Manipulationen im Kalender b.) Servatio und Obnuntiatio c.) Mißachtung, Verbot und gesetzliche Restriktionen IV. VERWEIGERUNGSHALTUNG a.) Verweigerung der Beschlußfassung durch den Gesamtsenat b.) Boykott des Senats durch Senatoren c.) Magistratische Verweigerung V. KASSATION SCHLUSSBETRACHTUNG

Die altägyptische Siedlung Bubastis (heute Tell Basta), die im südlichen Teil des östlichen Nildetltas gelegen ist, erlangte bereits im Alten Reich große Bedeutung und entwicklelte sich unter den Königen der 22. Dynastie, welche in dieser Stadt residierten und den Tempel der Stadtgöttin Bastet umfassend ausbauten, zur einflussreichsten Stadt des ägyptischen Deltas. Noch zu Herodots Zeiten war Bubastis für seinen großen Tempel und das alljäjhrlich zu Ehren der Göttin stattfindende Fest weithin berühmt. Die archäologische Erforschung von Tell Basta, die inzwischen mehr als ein Jahrhundert andauert, brachte zahlreiche Bauwerke hervor, die sowohl unter Fachleuten als auch interessierten Laien und Touristen auf großes Interesse stoßen. Allerdings gibt es zum Teil große Schwierigkeiten, an entsprechende Grabungsberichte zu gelangen, die recht verstreut publiziert sind. Der hier vorgelegte Band soll diesem Desiderat entgegenwirken, indem die Berichte und Publikationen über Tell Basta bis zum Jahre 1908 als Nachdruck vorgelegt und somit einem größeren Leserkreis zugänglich gemacht werden.

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The “seeds of disease” theory that emerged in Europe during the Renaissance period was not an entirely novel concept at the time. Humans were aware of the contagious properties of certain afflictions long before it was possible for them to observe the microorganisms responsible for disease transmission, and ancient authors had already speculated about the existence of imperceptible creatures as a cause of illness. This thesis will show that through ancient literary works of every type permeates the recognition of disease contagion not only between humans, but also between animals of the same species, animals of different species and between humans and animals. Chapter One will examine cases of intra-species infection, beginning with those that do not specify precisely the manner in which the illness in question is passed from one being to another. Instances in which particular factors are noted as contributing to the spread of disease will also be presented, followed by examples highlighting the recognition of intra-species infection in animals. Chapter Two will address the three varieties of inter-species infection of which ancient people were evidently aware: zoonosis, anthroponosis, and xenoosis. Chapter Three will explore the prevalent belief among the ancients that uninterred corpses incited pestilences. Chapter Four will discuss ancient views concerning the contamination of drinking water, as well as cases of deliberate infection with disease— ancient precursors to bioterrorism. Chapter Five will feature numerous theories of ancient authors regarding the presence of disease-causing microorganisms in the air. A variety of literary evidence will be examined throughout this paper and will prove that there was indeed a pervasive knowledge of disease contagion in the ancient world. / Thesis (Master, Classics) -- Queen's University, 2013-09-09 09:27:06.882

There are three main scholarly approaches to the mechanisms by which the military record of Roman Republican commanders was disseminated in Rome: the ceremony of the triumph, the erection of monuments with their inscriptions, and finally the minting of coins. Alongside this ceremonial and material publicity this thesis investigates how and why more ephemeral media, as well as autobiographical texts, were employed to disseminate, promote and at times denigrate the Roman military record during the period of 219-19 BC. It encompasses five core chapters: introduction; oratory as praise; oratory as criticism; letters; and autobiographical prose. Chapter two argues that military achievements were orally disseminated in various contexts in Rome: it was a fundamental facet of the triumphal process; a regular part of attaining and maintaining military commands; and the military record was frequently employed in forensic defence speeches, particularly in the late Republic with the growth of the law-courts. Chapter three focuses on how and why the military record was criticised back in Rome in a variety of contexts, arguing that it was a key means by which the Roman elite regulated excessive claims of gloria. Owing in part to the increasing concerns about self-serving Roman magistrates, focusing on behaviour beyond the battlefield was a common means of undermining commanders’ military reputations. Chapter four details the heavy and regular dependence on dispatches for short-term, yet proficient, martial self-promotion. It emphasises the key role of letters in the triumphal process, including the passing of legislation aimed in part at regulating their exploitation. It also argues that private correspondence played a valuable role, particularly in the targeting of senators and other influential sections of Roman society. Chapter five investigates the role of commentaries, memoirs and historical literature in the promotion of military res gestae and how criticism alongside concerns about posterity influenced their composition. It addresses the influence of Greek biography on their composition as well as the Roman aristocratic practice of preserving correspondence and other documentation.

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In addition to temple rituals performed for the god by the king, festivals incorporated a broader domain, where a wider public had access to the divine. The participants in feasts ranged from the royal, officials and priests to the non-elite and the dead. Theoretically and ideologically, individuals would have received fruits of the divine power through the king by taking part in celebrations to variable extent. This functioned a vehicle for the god and the king to maintain their authoritative credibility and, by extension, the world order. The circulation of the divine force formed a different appearance at each festival, such as material supplies, promotions, and juridical decrees. These divine conveyances would have more or less met people’s social and religious needs. By embracing modality, periodicity, and publicness, festivals provided participants and audiences with a public setting and a formal means, whereby they were able to seek their identity as part of society. This may or may not have been relevant to personal piety, allegiance, responsibilities, and goodness, but public celebrations at least brought the king’s subjects together to common grounds for official beliefs and social decorum. In order to demonstrate such socio-religious functions of festivals, I will attempt to focus on and examine three Theban celebrations in the New Kingdom, namely, the Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year, about which a wealth of information has survived. The examination can hardly be possible without exploring the history of these feasts because their development from earlier times, to which part of this thesis is also devoted, shows the continuity of elements essential to Egyptian cult practices, particularly those associated with the mortuary cult.

This thesis is a contribution towards legal history of Roman Asia Minor from the creation of the province of Asia to the enfranchisement of the free population of the Empire by the emperor Caracalla. Chapter I is concerned with the Hellenistic background and with the theoretical framework for explaining the relationship between the suzerain and the cities in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The possibility of using Bickerman’s ‘surrender and grant’ model for introducing much needed nuance into usual dichotomy of ‘free’ and ‘subject’ cities is argued for. Chapter II deals with the court of the Roman governor. It is argued that there was no limit set on govenor’s jurisdiction from below and that the main way in which governor’s burden was relieved or legal autonomy of local communities guaranteed was through delegation of decision at the apud iudicem stage of the proceeedings. An in-depth study of the procedure is provided. Chapter III provides an analysis of the assize circuit system, above all in the province of Asia. Arguments for continuity with the pre-Roman administrative structure are advanced and a new hypothesis of significant structural changes in the second century A.D. advanced. Chapter IV explores the jurisdiction of other Roman officials: proconsular legates, quaestors, and above all procurators and other imperial officials. The division of responsibility with the governor’s court and their role in covering the areas not usually penetrated by the governor’s jurisdiction is discussed. Chapter V deals with judicial autonomy of the ‘free’ and ‘federate’ cities. It is argued that the extent of these privileges was widely variant and the possibility that some of them applied only to the apud iudicem stage explored. Chapter VI is concerned with courts of the ‘subject’ communities. It is suggested on the basis of recently published evidence that ‘subject’ communities could retain a high degree of judicial autonomy. Different models used by the Romans are explored and compared. Chapter VII explores a vexed question of internal jurisdiction of Jewish diaspora communities in Asia Minor. The validity of Flavius Josephus' evidence is upheld and the role of 'ancestral laws' ideology in Roman interventions in support of Jewish courts discussed. Two appendices discuss a recently published inscription from Chersonesus Taurica and offer an annotated list of passages in the Corpus iuris civilis dealing with Asia Minor in our period respectively.