Select Papyri, Volume II: Public Documents | Selections

A. S. Hunt (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0674993128 / ISBN 13: 9780674993129

Published by Harvard University Press, 1989

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Select Papyri, Volume II: Public Documents | Selections | A. S. Hunt (u. a.) | Buch | Loeb Classical Library | Gebunden | 1989 | Harvard University Press | EAN 9780674993129 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Select Papyri, Volume II: Public Documents | Selections
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674993128
• ISBN 13: 9780674993129
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 173W x 121H x 31D millimeters 173 millimeters width by 121 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 336 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Official records from the sands of Egypt.

This volume presents papyri relating to public business of various kinds in Egypt from the middle of the 3rd century BC to AD 710, thus including affairs in that country first when it was ruled by the Greek Ptolemaic kings, secondly when it was a Roman province. The earliest examples date from the reign of King Ptolemy II Philadelphus and the latest from the government by the Arabs after their conquest of Egypt in AD 639–641.

The papyri chosen were all sent by persons in office (from king, Roman emperor, or governor downwards) or addressed to them or sent for their information: Codes and Regulations, 6 examples. Edicts and Orders, 26. Public Announcements, 6. Reports of Meetings, 3. Official Acts and Inquiries, 5. Judicial Business, 18. Petitions and Applications, 44. Declarations to Officials, 30. Appointments and Nominations, 7. Tenders and Contracts, 19. Receipts, 26. Orders for Payment, 6. Accounts and Registers or Lists, 12. Letters, 16. Notes on the systems of dating and of money in Egypt as well as a glossary of technical terms are provided.

The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Select Papyri also includes a volume of poetry and one of private documents.

About the Authors

Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871–1934) was a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.

Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870–1938) was Director of Egyptian Antiquities in the Cairo Museum.