Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt : Second Edition / Roger Bagnall and Klaas Worp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagnall, Roger S., author.

Worp, K. A. (Klaas Anthony), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronology, Egyptian.

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)--Egypt.

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 349 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2004]

Language Note:

Some texts in Greek.

Summary:

"Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the economy, society and everyday life of the late antique Mediterranean world. Its thousands of papyri provide insight into aspects and topics ignored by ancient authors. This handbook is an indispensable tool in navigating these documents, which use a host of complex systems to date legal transactions. Extensive tables and lists help the reader understand the use of consulates, the indiction of cycle, eras, and dates by imperial reigns. Other formal aspects of the documents, including Christian invocations and sworn oaths, are also fully covered."-- Jacket.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction

Ch. 2. Cycle of 312 to 327

Ch. 3. Development of the Indiction System, 327-ca. 380

Ch. 4. Indiction year

Ch. 5. Meaning of [actual symbol not reproducible]

Ch. 6. Regnal Dating and Oaths

Ch. 7. Oxyrhynchite Eras and Local Counts

Ch. 8. Era of Diocletian and of the Martyrs

Ch. 9. Consulates, Postconsulates, and Postconsular Eras

Ch. 10. Invocation Formulas

App. D. Appearances of Consulates in the Papyri, 284-641

App. G. Imperial Oath Formulas in Byzantine Papyri

App. I. Saracene Era (Hijra)

App. J. Datings by the Moon in Inscriptions from Nubia.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789047412526

9047412524