Amheida I

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 1

AvRoger S. Bagnall,Giovanni R. Ruffini

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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This volume presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka,found during NYU's excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt. Themajority date to the Late Roman period (3rd to 4th century AD), a time of rapidsocial change in Egypt and the ancient Mediterranean generally. Amheida was asmall administrative center, and the full publication of these brief textsilluminates the role of writing in the daily lives of its inhabitants. Thesubjects covered by the Amheida ostraka include the distribution of food, theadministration of wells, the commercial lives of inhabitants, their education,and other aspects of life neglected in literary sources. The authors provide afull introduction to the technical aspects of terminology and chronology, whilealso situating this important evidence in its historical, social and regionalcontext. Online edition available as part of the NYU Library's Ancient World Digital Library and in partnership with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW).

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-19
Mått:203 x 279 x undefined mm
Vikt:975 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:ISAW Monographs
Antal sidor:178
Förlag:New York University Press
ISBN:9780814745267

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Roger S. Bagnall (Author) Roger S. Bagnall is Leon Levy Director and Professor of Ancient History Emeritus at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. He is author, co-author, and editor of many books including Egypt in Late Antiquity and Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East.Giovanni R. Ruffini (Author) Giovanni R. Ruffini is Professor of History and Classical Studies at Fairfield University, where he directs the Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program. His books include Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History (Oxford, 2012) and Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2018).

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PrefaceContentsFiguresNote on Editorial ProcedureIntroductionTypes of' textsDating Stratigraphy and coins in House B1The wells and Trimithite geographyManaging wells and estatesCommodities and measuresTrimithis as a political communityHouse B2 (Area 1.3)Ostraka from the Temple HillPersonal namesArchaeological contexts of the ostrakaTexts, translations, and commentariesI. Accounts and lists (1-62)II. Ration accounts (63-70)III. Lists (71-95)IV. Well tags: Pmoun formula (96-145)V. Well tags: Hydreuma Pmoun formula (146-172)VI. Tags: Miscellaneous and uncertain (173-247)VII. Memoranda (248-277)VIII. Receipts (278-294)IX. LeNers, orders, and notes (295-330)X. Writing exercises (331-337)XI. Jar inscriptions (338-343)XII. Miscellaneous (344-353)XIII. Uncertain texts (354-454)IndicesI. ChronologicalA. Regnal yearsB. Indiction years C. Months and daysII. Personal namesIII. Geographical termsIV. O?cial and military termsV. Professions, occupations, and statusesVI. ReligionVII. TaxationVIII. Money IX. Weights and measuresX. Greek wordsXI. Demotic and Abnormal HieraticA. Regnal yearsB. Months and daysC. Personal namesD. Professions and occupationsE. WordsConcordance of Inventory numbers and publication numbers