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