Research Catalog

Title

The epigraphy of ptolemaic Egypt / edited by Alan Bowman and Charles Crowther.

Publication

• Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Bowman, Alan K.
• Crowther, C. V.

Description

xxvi, 353 pages : illustrations, charts, map, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Ptolemaic period in Egypt (332-30 BC) is one of the most well-documented periods of the Hellenistic age: in addition to the papyrological record there are more than 600 surviving Greek and Greek/Egyptian bilingual and trilingual inscriptions, ranging from massive public monuments, such as the Rosetta Stone, to small private dedications, funerary plaques, and metrical epigrams for the deceased. This volume offers a series of detailed studies of the historical andcultural contexts of these important inscriptions and is intended to complement the multi-volume Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions edition, in which the Greek and Egyptian texts will be presented together for the first time. 0The subjects discussed in the twelve chapters range widely across a variety of sub-disciplines, from advances in new technologies of image-capture, the juxtaposition of Greek and Egyptian elements in the layout and iconography of the monuments, and the palaeography of the Greek texts, to the history of the acquisition and study of the great bilingual decrees voted by the priests of the indigenous Egyptian cults, the introduction of Greek civic administration and communal associations in the cities and villages, and the role of the military in monumental commemoration. Particular attention is given to the role of indigenous and Greek religious institutions in Alexandria and the towns and villages of the Nile Delta and Valley, in which commemorative dedications to divinities of temples and statues by the monarchs and by private individuals are numerous and prominent. 0In a period shaped by the interplay between Egyptian and Greek culture, the existence of public and private inscribed monuments was a vital element of dynastic control."--

Series Statement

Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents

Uniform Title

Oxford studies in ancient documents.

Subject

Inscriptions, Egyptian

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-332) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction: The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt -- Imaging Inscriptions : The Kingston Lacy Obelisk -- Beyond Rosetta : Multilingual Inscriptions, the Antiquities Trade, and the Decipherment of Egyptian Scripts -- Greek Texts on Egyptian Monuments -- The Epigraphy of the 'Greek Cities' -- Religious Life in Ptolemaic Alexandria under the Royal Aegis : An Overview of the Epigraphic Evidence -- Foundation Deposits from Third-Century BC Egypt -- Hellenistic Sacred Dedications : The View from Egypt -- Soldiers in the Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt -- Inscriptions and Papyri : Two Intersecting Worlds -- Epigraphic Habits of Private Associations in the Ptolemaic Chora -- The Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions : The Metrical Texts -- The Palaeography of Ptolemaic Inscriptions from Egypt.

Call Number

JFE 21-977

ISBN

• 0198858221
• 9780198858225

OCLC

1125986455

Title

The epigraphy of ptolemaic Egypt / edited by Alan Bowman and Charles Crowther.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents

Oxford studies in ancient documents.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-332) and indexes.

Added Author

Bowman, Alan K., editor.

Crowther, C. V., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-977