RARE monograph on the social context of votive inscriptions from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas, written in Aramaic and other languages, dating from about the first three centuries AD, which show the nature of the relationships and the socio-religious function dedications such as `for the life of` perform. 245x155mm. XII+375 pages. Green cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket edges and corners bumped and wrinkled. Cover upper corners and spine bottom edge bumped. Front cover bottom corner and spine upper edge slightly bumped. Pages outer edge dust-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on the Graeco-Roman religious world is otherwise in very good condition.