Mrs. Tsenhor : A Female Entrepreneur in Ancient Egypt /
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"From the papers she left behind, a picture emerges of a woman who had firm control over her own life. We are dealing here with an Egyptian woman in the fifth century BCE who owned houses and land, worked in the necropolis as a professional choachyte, and most probably did more business of which we are uinaware. In fact, what we have here is an unprecedented and privileged peek into the life of an ancient Egyptian girl next door that will never make it into the official history books"--Publisher description.
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OCLC 863194909 :
xxiii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9774166345
9789774166341
Fragile hierarchies : the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt /
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2003.
OCLC 62921084 :
353 pages : map ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-338) and index. :
9004148310
9789004148314
Fragile hierarchies : the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt /
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Fragile Hierarchies deals with the world of the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt. It discusses economic, social and demographic aspects of the position of the elites of the small towns that dotted the Nile. The work combines analysis of Greek papyri with modelling techniques used in ancient history. The first part of the book analyses patterns of urbanisation, property relations and their consequences for elite formation. The second part discusses demographic aspects, patterns of inheritance and their consequences for continuity and discontinuity. The central argument of the book is that a strong social and economic hierarchy occurred side by side with a dynamic pattern of elite renewal.
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1 online resource (353 pages) : map. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index. :
9789047417590 :
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