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Record Nr.

UNISA996205772203316

Autore

Eyre Christopher

Titolo

Use of documents in pharaonic Egypt / / Christopher Eyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-176147-8

0-19-165529-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 p.)

Collana

Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents

Oxford studies in ancient documents

Disciplina

932.01

Soggetti

Legal documents - Egypt - History

Egypt Politics and government To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. The Invention of the Document in Pharaonic Egypt""; ""2. The Physical Form of Writing""; ""3. The Vizier as Bureaucrat""; ""4. The Written Authorization""; ""5. Land and People""; ""6. Bureaucratic Process at Deir el Medina""; ""7. Process, Storage, and Record""; ""8. Conclusion""; ""Chronological Table""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Textual Passages Translated or Commented""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""

""U""""V""; ""W""; ""Index of Egyptian Words""; ""Index of Subjects""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume reconstructs the history of documentary practice in pharaonic Egypt from the early Old Kingdom to the administrative changes imposed by the Graeco-Roman period. It explores how the writing of documents was embedded in the interactions between customary social practices and the penetration of outside hierarchies into local government.