Greek personal names in Egypt / edited by Adrienn Almásy-Martin, Yanne Broux.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almásy, Adrienn, editor.

Broux, Yanne, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies in ancient documents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Personal--Greek--Egypt.

Names, Personal.

Onomastics--Egypt--History.

Onomastics.

Names, Personal--Greek.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Greek Personal Names in Egypt' provides a comprehensive overview of Greek onomastics in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Late Byzantine period, highlighting the rich and diverse onomastic landscape and paying special attention to diachronic change.

Contents:

1. Greek names in Egypt: an overview based on TM People

2. New rulers, new names: Greek names of Egypt

3. Demotic rendering of Greek names: a study based on LGPN data from Lower Egypt and the Fayum

4. The adoption of Greek names by Idumaeans in Ptolemaic Egypt as evidence for acculturation (CPI 1 202)

5. Naming practices in the Jewish communities of Egypt

6. Hybrid names: onomastics, power, and identity in a cross-cultural context

7. Egyptian cross-gender names in Graeco-Roman Dime and beyond

8. Onomastics and classical culture in Egypt’s Western Oases

9. Greek and other names in Coptic

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 25, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780198947042

0198947046

9780198947028

019894702X

OCLC:

1528024807

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license