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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Author: The Elephantine Papyri in English
Author: Bezalel PortenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004101975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
175 documents, spanning more than 3,000 years, from the ancient mounds on the island of Elephantine are translated into English here for the first time. A massive collection of papyri and ostraca, written in many scripts and tongues - including hieratic, demotic, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, Coptic and Arabic. Each entry, arranged thematically, includes information on date, size, parties, objects, content and significance, as well as general comments and cross-references. An important source, previously scattered among various museums and institutions, brought together here for the first time.
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt
Author: Christina RiggsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199571457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research.
The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology
Author: Roger S. BagnallPublisher: 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.
AB Bookman's Weekly
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Art Books
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Including an international directory of museum permanent collection catalogs.
Greek Horoscopes
Author: Otto NeugebauerPublisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871690487
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Greek horoscopes are made available for study. According to the authors, "About 60 horoscopes from the first five centuries of our era have been published since Young (1828) and Champollion-Figeac (1840) in the papyrological literature." They collected all horoscopes from this material, and added a few unpublished pieces that were put at their disposal, at the time this title originally printed in 1959.
Art Books, 1876-1949
Author: R.R. Bowker CompanyPublisher: R. R. Bowker
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and index
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Theses on any subject submitted by the academic libraries in the UK and Ireland.