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Presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU's excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt

Promotional Information

Presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU's excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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 Professor of History and Classical Studies at Fairfield University, where he directs the Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program. His books include Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History (Oxford, 2012) and Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2018).