| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Oxford studies in ancient documents |
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Oxford studies in ancient documents.
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| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. The Invention of the Document in Pharaonic Egypt""; ""2. The Physical Form of Writing""; ""3. The Vizier as Bureaucrat""; ""4. The Written Authorization""; ""5. Land and People""; ""6. Bureaucratic Process at Deir el Medina""; ""7. Process, Storage, and Record""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Chronological Table""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Textual Passages Translated or Commented""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T"" |
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""U""""V""; ""W""; ""Index of Egyptian Words""; ""Index of Subjects""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" |
| Summary |
This volume reconstructs the history of documentary practice in pharaonic Egypt from the early Old Kingdom to the administrative changes imposed by the Graeco-Roman period. It explores how the writing of documents was embedded in the interactions between customary social practices and the penetration of outside hierarchies into local government |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2013) |
| Subject |
Legal documents -- Egypt -- History
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Legal documents
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Politics and government -- To 332 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041318
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191761478 |
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0191761478 |
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