Greek documentary papyri from Ptolemaic Egypt
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Greek documentary papyri from Ptolemaic Egypt
（Corpus papyrorum Raineri archiducis Austriae / herausgegeben von der generaldirektion der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Bd. 28）
Walter de Gruyter, c2008
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Papyrus texts in Greek with English translation, commentary, pref., and introd
Booklet of plates in pocket inside back cover
Summary: "This volume presents 14 hitherto unpublished Greek papyrus documents from Hellenistic Egypt, held at the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library (Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek) in Vienna."--P. [vii]
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xiii]-xix) and indexes
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This volume contains an edition of 13 hitherto unpublished papyrus documents in Greek from Ptolemaic Egypt. The texts were written in the last three centuries BC and probably originate from Middle Egypt. Many appear to have been recovered from papyrus cartonnage. The papyri include a wide variety of documents, such as a royal ordinance, a petition, two tax lists, a tax receipt, several accounts, official correspondence and a private letter. They provide valuable new information on the settlement pattern, transport system, economy, fiscal organisation, bureaucracy, prosopography, onomastics and law of Ptolemaic Egypt and thus afford us a unique insight into the social, economic, administrative and cultural history of this Hellenistic kingdom. This volume will be of interest not only to Greek papyrologists but also to ancient historians and Egyptologists.
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