Presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU's excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt
Presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU's excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt
PrefaceContentsFiguresNote on Editorial ProcedureIntroductionTypes of' textsDating Stratigraphy and coins in House B1The wells and Trimithite geographyManaging wells and estatesCommodities and measuresTrimithis as a political communityHouse B2 (Area 1.3)Ostraka from the Temple HillPersonal namesArchaeological contexts of the ostrakaTexts, translations, and commentariesI. Accounts and lists (1-62)II. Ration accounts (63-70)III. Lists (71-95)IV. Well tags: Pmoun formula (96-145)V. Well tags: Hydreuma Pmoun formula (146-172)VI. Tags: Miscellaneous and uncertain (173-247)VII. Memoranda (248-277)VIII. Receipts (278-294)IX. LeNers, orders, and notes (295-330)X. Writing exercises (331-337)XI. Jar inscriptions (338-343)XII. Miscellaneous (344-353)XIII. Uncertain texts (354-454)IndicesI. ChronologicalA. Regnal yearsB. Indiction years C. Months and daysII. Personal namesIII. Geographical termsIV. O?cial and military termsV. Professions, occupations, and statusesVI. ReligionVII. TaxationVIII. Money IX. Weights and measuresX. Greek wordsXI. Demotic and Abnormal HieraticA. Regnal yearsB. Months and daysC. Personal namesD. Professions and occupationsE. WordsConcordance of Inventory numbers and publication numbers
Roger S. Bagnall (Author)
Roger S. Bagnall is Leon Levy Director and Professor of
Ancient History Emeritus at the Institute for the Study of the
Ancient World at New York University. He is author, co-author, and
editor of many books including Egypt in Late Antiquity and Everyday
Writing in the Graeco-Roman East.
Giovanni R. Ruffini (Author)
Giovanni R. Ruffini is Assistant Professor of History and
Classical Studies at Fairfield University.
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