My Dura Europos : The Letters of Susan M. Hopkins 1927-1935
Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xiv,310 p. w/maps, footnotes, many color and b&w illus., endnotes, glossary index. The letters of Hopkins over 8 years, when she acompanied her husband Clark to the newly discovered site, helping with excavation, cataloging, tralnlating, and mending finds. Includes her comments on living and family life, as she brought her young daughter with them. Dura Europes was a Roman fronteir city and fortress and a major find, its excavation helping historians and archaeologiuest understand Roman border life with Persia far better. Very good / near fine. Item #20716
Price: $45.00