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SUMMARY:Quarrying for Rome: Life in the Eastern Desert of Roman Egypt. - F
 red Hirt\, Wolfson College Visiting Fellow
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DESCRIPTION:For the Roman empire the control of marble resources was of hi
 gh significance: marble was central to the representation of imperial weal
 th and power. The use of marble in public and private buildings at Rome an
 d in other major urban centers throughout the vast empire has been studied
  extensively\; the quarrying of marble and its organizational aspects\, ho
 wever\, is less well explored. Popular belief has quarry work being execut
 ed by convicts\, enslaved barbarians\, or condemned Christians. Inscribed 
 potsherds\, honorary monuments\, and gravestones from the imperial quarrie
 s at Mons Porphyrites and Mons Claudianus in Eastern Egyptian Desert provi
 de quite a different picture. The paper aims to provide a survey of everyd
 ay life and work at these sites.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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