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Autore |
Bagnall Roger S |
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Titolo |
Everyday writing in the Graeco-Roman East [[electronic resource] /] / Roger S. Bagnall |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27769-7 |
9786613277695 |
0-520-94852-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Collana |
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Sather classical lectures ; ; v. 69 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Coptic inscriptions - Egypt |
Graffiti - History |
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Egypt |
Ostraka |
Printed ephemera - History |
Syriac language |
Written communication - Egypt - History |
Written communication - Middle East - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Informal Writing in a Public Place: The Graffiti of Smyrna -- 2. The Ubiquity of Documents in the Hellenistic East -- 3. Documenting Slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt -- 4. Greek and Coptic in Late Antique Egypt -- 5. Greek and Syriac in the Roman Near East -- 6. Writing on Ostraca: A Culture of Potsherds? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized. |
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