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Ostraka from Trimithis : texts from the 2004-2007 / by Roger S. Bagnall and Giovanni R. Ruffini ; with contributions by Raffaella Cribiore and Gunter Vittmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bagnall, Roger S.
- Series:
- Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU (ISAW)
- Amheida I ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ostraka--Egypt--Trimithis (Extinct city).
- Ostraka.
- Inscriptions, Greek--Egypt--Trimithis (Extinct city).
- Inscriptions, Greek.
- Inscriptions, Egyptian--Egypt--Trimithis (Extinct city).
- Inscriptions, Egyptian.
- Written communication--Egypt--Trimithis (Extinct city).
- Written communication.
- Greek language--Texts.
- Greek language.
- Egyptian language--Texts.
- Egyptian language.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Amheida Site.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Trimithis (Extinct city)--Social life and customs--Sources.
- Trimithis (Extinct city).
- Trimithis (Extinct city)--Antiquities.
- Amheida Site (Egypt).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU’s excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt. The majority date to the Late Roman period (3rd to 4th century AD), a time of rapid social change in Egypt and the ancient Mediterranean generally. Amheida was a small administrative center, and the full publication of these brief texts illuminates the role of writing in the daily lives of its inhabitants. The subjects covered by the Amheida ostraka include the distribution of food, the administration of wells, the commercial lives of inhabitants, their education, and other aspects of life neglected in literary sources. The authors provide a full introduction to the technical aspects of terminology and chronology, while also situating this important evidence in its historical, social and regional context.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- NOTE ON EDITORIAL PROCEDURE
- INTRODUCTION
- TEXTS
- INDICES
- Concordance of Inventory and Publication numbers
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780814738450
- 0814738451
- 9780814771327
- 0814771327
- OCLC:
- 794664534
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