The use of documents in pharaonic Egypt / Christopher Eyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eyre, Christopher.

Series:

Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents

Oxford studies in ancient documents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal documents--Egypt--History.

Legal documents.

Egypt--Politics and government--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume reconstructs the history of documentary practice in pharaonic Egypt from the early Old Kingdom to the administrative changes imposed by the Graeco-Roman period. It explores how the writing of documents was embedded in the interactions between customary social practices and the penetration of outside hierarchies into local government.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. The Invention of the Document in Pharaonic Egypt""; ""2. The Physical Form of Writing""; ""3. The Vizier as Bureaucrat""; ""4. The Written Authorization""; ""5. Land and People""; ""6. Bureaucratic Process at Deir el Medina""; ""7. Process, Storage, and Record""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Chronological Table""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Textual Passages Translated or Commented""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""

""U""""V""; ""W""; ""Index of Egyptian Words""; ""Index of Subjects""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-176147-8

0-19-165529-5

OCLC:

921055597