Author: Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199843694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
Thousands of documentary and literary texts written on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Persian, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Here experts provide a comprehensive guide to understanding this ancient documentary evidence.