Regaling Officials in Ptolemaic Egypt : A Dramatic Reading of Official Accounts from the Menches Papers /
The book (re)publishes and newly interprets five accounts from the second century BCE Menches Papers. The book offers an imaginative historical reading of the accounts, detailing how in Ptolemaic Egypt various government officials on tour through the country side were received in one specific villag...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
2005.
Series:
Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava;
32.
Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava Online, ISBN: 9789004428454.
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Call Number: PA3301
| Summary: | The book (re)publishes and newly interprets five accounts from the second century BCE Menches Papers. The book offers an imaginative historical reading of the accounts, detailing how in Ptolemaic Egypt various government officials on tour through the country side were received in one specific village (Kerkeosiris) by the local official (village scribe). The accounts also give insight into part of the financial management of the office of village scribe. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9789047414896 9789004142268 |