Tradition and transformation : Egypt under Roman rule : proceedings of the international conference, Hildesheim, Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum, 3-6 July 2008 /
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In 30 BCE, Egypt became a province of the Roman empire. Alongside unbroken traditions-especially of the indigenous Egyptian population, but also among the Greek elite-major changes and slow processes of transformation can be observed. The multi-ethnical population was situated between new patterns of rule and traditional lifeways. This tension between change and permanence was investigated during the conference. The last decades have seen an increase in the interest in Roman Egypt with new research from different disciplines-Egyptology, Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Papyrology-providing new insights into the written and archaeological sources, especially into settlement archaeology. Well-known scholars analysed the Egyptian temples, the structure and development of the administration beside archaeological, papyrological, art-historical and cult related questions.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004189591 :
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Code-switching with the gods : the bilingual (Old Coptic-Greek) spells of PGM IV (P. Bibliotheque Nationale Supplement Grec. 574) and their linguistic, religious, and socio-cultura...
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xvii, 364 pages, 10 pages of plates (partly folded) : illustrations ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and indexes. :
9783110461138
3110461137
Ostraca de Krokodilô. la correspondance privée et les réseaux personnels de Philoklès, Apollôs et Ischyras : O.Krok. 152-334 / |c [édités par] Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, Jean-Luc Fourne...
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"The fort of Krokodilo on the road from Coptos to Myos Hormos was excavated in 1996-97 by the French mission in the Eastern desert. Its rubbish-dump was formed during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian, and produced over 800 ostraca, 189 of which are published in this volume. While the first volume of Ostraca de Krokodilô concerns military correspondence, this second volume contains private letters exchanged between the inhabitants of Krokodilo and the neighbouring forts, Phoinikon and Persou. The letters were written by three very different characters: Philokles, a green-grocer and pimp, plays a central role in supplying vegetables to the inhabitants of the desert forts and also organises the prostitution; Ischyras, a quarry-man, is an acquaintance of Philokles and his letters are full of declarations of friendship, but also contain some harsh remarks which demonstrate the brutality of certain human relationships; Apollos is probably a soldier, but also functions as a letter-writer for a group of people who are mostly concerned with their provisions of food. This rich corpus gives us a glimpse of the daily life in a society of some 200 people who lived in the desert garrisons at the beginning of the 2nd century AD, and who appear in the ostraca. We are able to witness the importance of solidarity in this hostile environment and the important role of civilians, not least the women, in the life around the forts."--Back cover.
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288 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm. :
9782724707359
Von der Pharaonenzeit bis zur Spatantike : kulturelle Vielfalt im Fayum : Akten der 5. Internationalen Fayum-Konferenz, 29. Mai bis 1. Juni 2013, Leipzig /
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International conference proceedings. :
x, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
3447103949
9783447103947
In Stabiano : exploring the ancient seaside villas of the Roman elite : US 2005-2008 tour /
: Exhibition catalogue, Washington (USA), National Museum of natural history, 2004. Stabiano, near Naples (Campania). Includes bibliographical references. : 159 pages : color illustrations, map, plans ; 28 cm. : 8880902229