Graeco-Roman Archives from the Fayum

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-90-429-3162-6
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 212 mm x 299 mm, Gewicht: 1453 g

Reihe: Collectanea Hellenistica

The Fayum is a large depression in the western desert of Egypt,

receiving its water directly from the Nile. In the early Ptolemaic

period the agricultural area expanded a great deal, new villages were

founded and many Greeks settled here. When villages on the outskirts

were abandoned about AD 300-400, houses and cemeteries remained intact

for centuries. Here were found thousands of papyri, ostraca (potsherds)

and hundreds of mummy portraits, which have made the area famous among

classicists and art historians alike. Most papyri and ostraca are now

scattered over collections all over the world. The sixth volume of Collectanea

Hellenistica presents 145 reconstructed archives originating from

this region, including private, professional, official and temple

archives both in Greek and in native Demotic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clarysse, W.

Vandorpe, K.

Verreth, H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Ägyptologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Papyrologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus