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1 online resource (262 pages) |
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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU (ISAW) |
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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU (ISAW)
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Note on Editorial Procedure; Introduction; Types of texts; Dating; Stratigraphy and coins in House Bl; The wells and Trimithite geography; Managing wells and estates; Commodities and measures; Trimithis as a political community; House B2 (Area 1.3); Ostraka from the Temple Hill; Personal names; Archaeological contexts of the ostraka; Texts, translations, and commentaries; I. Accounts and lists (1-62); II. Ration accounts (63-70); III. Lists (71-95); IV. Well tags: Pmoun formula (96-145); V. Well tags: Hydreuma Pmoun formula (146-172) |
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VI. Tags: Miscellaneous and uncertain (173-247)VII. Memoranda (248-277); VIII. Receipts (278-294); IX. Letters, orders, and notes (295-330); X. Writing exercises (331-337); Xl. Jar inscriptions (338-343); XII. Miscellaneous (344-353); XIII. Uncertain texts (354-454); Indices; I. Chronological; A. Regnal years; B. Indiction years; C. Months and days; II. Personal names; III. Geographical terms; IV Official and military terms; V Professions, occupations, and statuses; VI. Religion; VII. Taxation; VIII. Money; IX. Weights and measures; X. Greek words; Xl. Demotic and Abnormal Hieratic |
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A. Regnal yearsB. Months and days; C. Personal names; D. Professions and occupations; E. Words; Concordance of Inventory numbers and publication numbers |
| 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 ed |
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Print version record |
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Egyptian language -- Texts.
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Egyptian language -- Texts
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Amheida Site
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Amheida Site
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Greek language -- Texts
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Greek language -- Texts
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Inscriptions, Egyptian -- Egypt -- Trimithis (Extinct city)
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Inscriptions, Greek -- Egypt -- Trimithis (Extinct city)
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Ostraka -- Egypt -- Trimithis (Extinct city)
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Written communication -- Egypt -- Trimithis (Extinct city)
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Inscriptions, Egyptian.
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HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.
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Egyptian language
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Greek language
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Inscriptions, Egyptian
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Inscriptions, Greek
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Ostraka
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Written communication
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Egypt
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Egypt -- Amheida Site
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Egypt -- Trimithis (Extinct city)
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Texts
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ruffini, Giovanni R
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| ISBN |
9780814738450 |
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0814738451 |
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