Some Coins of Artaxerxes and Other Short Texts in the Demotic Script Found on Various Objects Gathered from Many Publications (Paperback)

S.P. Vleeming

ISBN 10: 9042910615 / ISBN 13: 9789042910614

Published by Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2001

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Paperback. In an attempt to initiate a demotic "Sammelbuch", the author has collected over 270 demotic texts from a wide variety of mostly votive objects: coins, cups and bowls, bronze tables, censers, statuettes, statues, non-funerary stelas and offering tables. All texts are presented in facsimile drawings together with transliterations and translations, ad the Greek versions of bilingual texts are also provided. Photographs are appended for 18 never-before published objects, as well as for some 20 more never-before published with photographs. for each item a succinct bibliography points out the relevant text editions highlighted published plats, dates and provenances. Brief notes discuss the various readings that have been proposed. Full indexes complete the volume. The author collects over 230 demotic texts from a wide variety of mostly votive objects: coins, cups and bowls, bronze tables, censers, statuettes, statues, non-funerary stelas, and offering tables. All texts are presented in facsimile drawings together with transliterations and translations, and the Greek versions of bilingual texts Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Some Coins of Artaxerxes and Other Short Texts in the Demotic Script Found on Various Objects Gathered from Many Publications (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers, Leuven
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042910615
• ISBN 13: 9789042910614
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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In an attempt to initiate a demotic "Sammelbuch", the author collects over 230 demotic texts from a wide variety of mostly votive objects: coins, cups and bowls, bronze tables, censers, statuettes, statues, non-funerary stelas, and offering tables. All texts are presented in facsimile drawings together with transliterations and translations, and the Greek versions of bilingual texts are also provided. Photographs are appended for 16 never-before published objects, as well as for some 20 more never-before published with photographs. For each item, a succinct bibliography points out the relevant text editions, highlighting published plates, dates and provenances. Brief notes discuss the various readings that have been proposed, and the possible readings that the author has been able to establish. Full indexes complete the volume. In an attempt to initiate a demotic "Sammelbuch", the author collects over 230 demotic texts from a wide variety of mostly votive objects: coins, cups and bowls, bronze tables, censersn statuettes, statues, non-funerary stelas, and offering tables. All texts are presented in facsimile drawings together with transliterations and translations, and the Greek versions of bilingual texts are also provided. Photographs are appended for 16 never-before published objects, as well as for some 20 more never-before published with photographs. For each item, a succinct bibliography points out the relevant text editions, highlighting published plates, dates and provenances. Brief notes discuss the various readings that have been proposed, and the possible readings that the author has been able to establish. Full indexes complete the volume.