Djekhy & son : doing business in Ancient Egypt /
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"Djekhy & Son, two businessmen living 2500 years ago in the densely populated neighborhoods built around the great temple of Amun at Karnak, worked as funerary service providers in the necropolis on the western bank of the Nile. They were also successful agricultural entrepreneurs, cultivating flax and grain. In 1885, the German Egyptologist August Eisenlohr acquired a unique collection of papyri that turned out to be Djekhy's archive of mainly legal documents. Using this rich trove of evidence, augmented by many other sources, the author has painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Egypt between 570 and 534 BCE, during the little-known Saite period. Approaching the subject from both business and personal aspects, he gives us a fresh look at some facets of ancient Egypt that have mostly been hidden from view-such as putting up one's children as security for a loan."--Publisher description.
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"Dar el Kutub No. 24398/11"--Title page verso. :
xvii, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175) and index. :
9789774164774
Egypt's golden age, the art of living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C. : catalogue of the exhibition.
: Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 3-May 2, 1982, Houston Museum of Natural Science, July 14-Sept. 19, 1982, the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Oct. 27, 1982-Jan. 2, 1983. : 336 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. : Bibliography : pages 312-333. : 0878462074