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UNINA9910808974103321 |
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Autore |
Donker van Heel K (Koenraad) |
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Titolo |
Djekhy & son : doing business in ancient Egypt / / Koenraad Donker van Heel |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cairo ; ; New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-61797-345-9 |
1-61797-475-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Business enterprises - Egypt - History |
Businessmen - Egypt - 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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9789774164774; 9789774164774; Cover; Inside Cover; Copyright Page; Table of Contetns; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; Notes; Indexes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Djekhy & Son, two businessmen living 2,500 years ago in the densely populated neighborhoods built around the great temple of Amun at Karnak, worked as funerary service providers in the necropolis on the western bank of the Nile. They were also successful agricultural entrepreneurs, cultivating flax and grain. In 1885, the German Egyptologist August Eisenlohr acquired a unique collection of papyri that turned out to be Djekhy's archive of mainly legal documents. Using this rich trove of evidence, augmented by many other sources, the author has painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Egypt be |
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