The epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt / edited by Alan Bowman, Charles Crowther.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowman, Alan, editor.

Crowther, C. V., editor.

Series:

Oxford studies in ancient documents.

Oxford studies in ancient documents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Egyptian.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This collection of detailed studies of the epigraphical landscape of Ptolemaic Egypt explores the historical and cultural contexts of the surviving Greek and Greek/Egyptian bilingual and trilingual inscriptions as a complement to the Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions edition, in which the texts will be presented together for the first time.

Contents:

Introduction: The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt

Imaging Inscriptions : The Kingston Lacy Obelisk

Beyond Rosetta : Multilingual Inscriptions, the Antiquities Trade, and the Decipherment of Egyptian Scripts

Greek Texts on Egyptian Monuments

The Epigraphy of the 'Greek Cities'

Religious Life in Ptolemaic Alexandria under the Royal Aegis : An Overview of the Epigraphic Evidence

Foundation Deposits from Third-Century BC Egypt

Hellenistic Sacred Dedications : The View from Egypt

Soldiers in the Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt

Inscriptions and Papyri : Two Intersecting Worlds

Epigraphic Habits of Private Associations in the Ptolemaic Chora

The Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions : The Metrical Texts

The Palaeography of Ptolemaic Inscriptions from Egypt.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-189902-X

0-19-189059-6

0-19-189901-1