Philip Mayerson

Biographic Data

ID1441677
NAMEPhilip Mayerson
GIVEN NAMESPhilip
FAMILY NAMEMayerson
SIGNATUREMAYERSON P
AFFILIATIONSNew York University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS21
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1959
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX2

  • The Role of Flax in Roman and Fatimid Egypt

    Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1997

  • Egeria and Peter the Deacon on the Site of Clysma (Suez)

    Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of the American Research…1996

    The Itinerarium of the peripatetic nun Egeria is a unique memoir of a European woman's pilgrimage to biblical sites in Egypt and the Middle East in the latter part of the fourth century.1 Apart from philological interest in the date and authorship of the text and in Egeria's Latinity, the primary value of her account is that it is a first-hand report of her travels from place to place recording personal experiences and information passed on to he…

  • The Port of Clysma (Suez) in Transition from Roman to Arab Rule

    Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1996Cited by: 1

  • Monks, Martyrs, Soldiers and Saracens: Papers on the Near East in Late Antiquity (1962-1993)

    Fergus Millar, Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1996

  • A Note on Iotabê and Several Other Islands in the Red Sea

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1995

    The location of Iotabê, an island in the Red Sea that served as a port of trade, remains in doubt. According to historical sources, it changed hands four times between 473 and 534 C. E. without a word of an amphibious operation. Several other ports of trade, on islands in the Red Sea that were in close proximity to the mainland, may offer a clue to the location of Iotabê

  • A Confusion of Indias: Asian india and African India in the Byzantine Sources

    Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1993Cited by: 16

    more than one in articles subsumed under that name in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, in the Greek lexica of Liddell and Scott and Lampe, and in the new Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium; and barely more than a hint in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopadie.2 Historians, dealing with commerce between Rome and the East, however, are aware of several Indias. Warmington, speaking of the so-called trade with Indians following the fourth century, states that …

  • The Island of Iotabê in the Byzantine Sources: A Reprise

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1992

    The recorded history of the island of Iotabê in the Red Sea spans a brief 60 years, during which time it changed hands at least four times. The island served, not to control shipping, but to tax merchandise coming from the region(s) known at that time as India, and then to transship it to Roman ports. Iotabê has persistently been identified with the island of Tiran even though archaeological investigation has ruled out that possibility. Identific…

  • L'Arabie préislamique et son environnement historique et culturel: Actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 24-27 juin 1987

    Philip Mayerson, T FahdARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1991

  • Saracens and Romans: Micro-Macro Relationships

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1989

    Banning (1986) and Parker (1987) have put forward contrasting viewpoints on the relationship of the nomadic population (Saracens) to the settled inhabitants (Romans) in the late Roman-Byzantine era, based essentially on their interpretations of different kinds of archaeological evidence. This paper takes the position that the true temper of the relationship can only be assessed by an analysis of the literary sources, which are particularly rich f…

  • Justinian's Novel 103 and the Reorganization of Palestine

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1988

    Justinian's edict of ca. 536 (Novel 103) merits close attention since it bears directly on events within Palestine that are separated by almost two centuries. The Novel contains an historical précis relating to the division of the province into three provinces, and provides additional support for a date of 390/392. The body of the edict deals with the reorganization of the province to repair the consequences of civil disorder and economic upheava…

  • The Saracens and the Limes

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1986

    Roman fortified positions (limes) on the eastern frontier and Saracen phylarchs serving as Roman allies have been under recent investigation. The question of whether the limes comprised a coordinated system of border garrisons is reviewed in terms of evidence from the western sector of Palaestina Tertia; the conclusions are applied to the eastern sector. Saracens both within and beyond the line of fortified positions, were a constant threat, and …

  • The Wine and Vineyards of Gaza in the Byzantine Period

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1985

    The reputation of the city of Gaza as producer of a vintage of export quality to the west has long been known. However, the factors that made the name of Gaza synonymous with its wine in the 5th and 6th centuries are not so well known. Recent archaeological work, in conjunction with citations from literary sources, bear on the social and economic causes for the increased production and popularity of Gazan wine. With the advent of Palestinian mona…

  • Wheat in thn Roman World: An addendum

    Open AccessPhilip MayersonARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1984Cited by: 1References: 3

    J. K. Evans' well-documented article, ‘Wheat production and its social consequences in the Roman world’, correctly makes the point that ‘the evidence with regard to wheat yields is at once meagre and plainly contradictory’. The difficulty in assessing yields arises, of course, from the character of the available source material; namely, literary sources. The information comes from the hands of men such as Cicero and Varro who were concerned with …

  • Antiochus Monachus' Homily on Dreams: An Historical Note

    Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies1984

  • Anti-Black Sentiment in the Vitae Patrum

    Open AccessPhilip MayersonARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1978

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  • Procopius or Eutychius on the Construction of the Monastery at Mount Sinai: Which Is the More Reliable Source

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1978

  • Observations on the 'Nilus' Narrationes: Evidence for an Unknown Christian Sect

    Philip MayersonARTICLEJournal of the American Research…1975Cited by: 3

  • Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and Music

    Open AccessJohn B Harris, Philip MayersonARTICLEWestern Folklore1975

  • Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and Music

    Daniel P Harmon, Philip MayersonARTICLEThe Classical World1972

  • A Note on Demography and Land Use in the Ancient Negeb

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1967

  • The Issue of the Teleilât el-'Anab

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1965

  • The Ancient Agricultural Remains of the Central Negeb: Methodology and Dating Criteria

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1960

  • Ancient Agricultural Remains in the Central Negeb: The Teleilât el-'Anab

    Philip MayersonARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1959