Bringing in the sheaves : economy and metaphor in the Roman world /! Brent D. Shaw.

Bringing in the sheaves : economy and metaphor in the Roman world /! Brent D. Shaw.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shaw, Brent D. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Series:	Robson classical lectures.
Subjects:	To 647 Wheat > Harvesting > Rome > History. Wheat > Harvesting > Social aspects > Rome > History. Wheat > Harvesting > Economic aspects > Rome > History. Labor > Rome > History. Romans > Agriculture > Africa, North > Biography. HISTORY > Ancient > Rome. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science. Economic history Labor Manners and customs Wheat > Harvesting Africa, North > History > To 647. Rome > Social life and customs. Rome > Economic conditions. Afrique du Nord > Histoire > Jusqu'à 647. Rome > Conditions économiques. North Africa Rome (Empire) Biographies History Biographies.
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Table of 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.