The Petra papyri / edited by Jaakko Frösén, Antti Arjava, and Marjo Lehtinen ; with contributions by Zbigniew T. Fiema [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ACOR (Center)

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Arjava, Antti, editor.

Buchholz, Matias, editor.

Daniel, Robert W. (Robert Walter), editor.

Fiema, Zbigniew T., editor.

Frösén, Jaakko, editor.

Gagos, Traianos, editor.

Kaimio, Jorma, editor.

Kaimio, Maarit, editor.

Koenen, Ludwig, editor.

Lehtinen, Marjo, editor.

Kuehn, Clement A., 1952-

Purola, Tiina

Vahtikari, Vesa

Series:

American Center of Oriental Research publications ; no. 4-8.

American Center of Oriental Research publications ; no. 4-8

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri)--Egypt.

Manuscripts, Classical (Papyri).

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri).

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)--Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).

Nabataeans.

Law, Greek--History--Sources.

Law, Greek.

Law--Egypt--Sources.

Law.

History.

Egypt.

Jordan--Petra (Extinct city).

Roman law--Sources.

Roman law.

Antiquities.

Petra (Extinct city)--History--Sources.

Petra (Extinct city).

Jordan--Antiquities.

Jordan.

Genre:

Sources.

History.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations, maps ; 34 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amman, Jordan : American Center of Oriental Research, [2002]-[2018]

Language Note:

Texts in Ancient Greek with English translation and commentary.

Summary:

"The Petra Papyri series is the scholarly publication meticulously documenting, translating and interpreting the information recovered from approximately 140 carbonized papyrus scrolls found in 1992 during ACOR's excavation of the Petra Church. The scrolls had been carbonized in a fire and were thus preserved, although many scrolls were in a destroyed condition and could not be read. Such discoveries are exceedingly rare. The Petra papyri texts are often dated--ca. 537 to 594-thanks to the law promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian to place the date at the beginning and end of a document. The scrolls vary in size from a single sheet as P. Petra 6 (L. 28 cm), a list of stolen goods, to the exceptionally long P. Petra 2 (L. 8.5 m), which is an agreement concerned with inherited property. These documents deal with real estate transactions, disputes, contracts, divisions of property, marriages, dowries, and inheritance. The central figures of the archive are Theodoros, son of Obodianos, who was deacon and later archdeacon in the church, and his extended family and peers. The language indicates that the people in Petra at this time were speaking an early form of Arabic. A team of papyrologists from Finland conserved these sixth century texts from 1994 to 1995 at ACOR in Amman as part of a major effort headed by Jaakko Frösén. The original fragments were placed on Japanese rice paper and sandwiched between glass plates so that they could be preserved and examined for study. Some scrolls are written on both sides (and they could not be mounted on paper) but most are single-sided. As noted, many texts have been translated and published in The Petra Papyri series (Amman: ACOR) by scholars from Finland and the University of Michigan. Some documents are exhibited at the Jordan Museum in Amman."-- Publisher's website.

The Petra archive or Petra papyri is a group of ca. 140 carbonized papyrus rolls found in 1993 in a room adjacent to the main Byzantine church of Petra, written in Greek and dating from the 6th century. They are private papers of a well-to-do local family, mainly financial documents concerning marriage, inheritance, sales, loans and disputes, but also documents connected with taxation.

Contents:

The Petra papyri I / edited by Jaakko Frösén, Antti Arjava, and Marjo Lehtinen ; with contributions by Zbigniew T. Fiema, Clement A. Kuehn, Tiina Purola, Tiina Rankinen, Marjaana Vesterinen and Marja Vierros. 2002

The Petra papyri II / edited by Ludwig Koenen, Jorma Kaimio, Maarit Kaimio, and Robert W. Daniel, with contributinos by Antti Arjava, Matias Buchholz, Robet C. Caldwell, Hani Ali Falahat, William H. Finch, Jaakko Frösén, Traianos Gagos, Omar al-Ghul, Ahmad M. al-Jallad, Clement A. Kuehn, Marjo Lehtinen, and Tiina Purola, and plates prepared by Maija Holappa. 2013

The Petra papyri III / edited by Antti Arjava, Matias Buchholz, and Traianos Gagos ; with contributions by Robert C. Caldwell, Robert W. Daniel, Ludwig Koenen, Marjo Lahtinen, Mari Mikkola, Mari Mustonen, Tiina Purola, Erja Salmenkivi, Marjaana Vesterinen, and Marja Vierros, and plates prepared by Terrence Szymanski and Vesa Vahtikari. 2007

The Petra papyri IV / edited by Antti Arjava, Matias Buchholz, Traianos Gagos, and Maarit Kaimio ; with contributions by Jorma Kaimio, Clement A. Kuehn, and Tiina Purola ; and plates prepared by Maija Holappa and Vesa Vahtikari. 2011

The Petra papyri V / edited by Antti Arjava, Jaakko Frösén, and Jorma Kaimia ; with contributions by Matias Buchholz, Traianos Gagos, Ahmad M. Al-Jallad, Maarit Kaimio, Ludwig Koenen, Marjo Lehtinen, Tiina Purola, and Marja Vierros ; and plates prepared by Maija Holappa. 2018.

Notes:

"We are pleased to offer here the fifth and final volume of the Petra Papyri."--Foreword, page xi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9789957854362

9957854364

9789957854324

9957854321

9789957854355

9957854356

9789957854379

9957854372

OCLC:

52040954