04769nam 2201225Ia 450 991078569790332120220416004111.01-283-27769-797866132776950-520-94852-110.1525/9780520948525(CKB)2670000000067192(EBL)631052(OCoLC)700701924(SSID)ssj0000468974(PQKBManifestationID)11335223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468974(PQKBWorkID)10507459(PQKB)11262329(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055737(MiAaPQ)EBC631052(DE-B1597)519358(OCoLC)703168400(DE-B1597)9780520948525(Au-PeEL)EBL631052(CaPaEBR)ebr10440617(CaONFJC)MIL327769(dli)HEB33885(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001078(EXLCZ)99267000000006719220100614d2011 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrEveryday writing in the Graeco-Roman East[electronic resource] /Roger S. BagnallBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (179 p.)Sather classical lectures ;v. 69Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27579-9 0-520-26702-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexMost 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. Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society. His book offers a new picture of literacy in the ancient world in which Aramaic rivals Greek and Latin as a great international language, and in which many other local languages develop means of written expression alongside these metropolitan tongues.Sather classical lectures ;v. 69.Coptic inscriptionsEgyptGraffitiHistoryManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)EgyptOstrakaPrinted ephemeraHistorySyriac languageTextsWritten communicationEgyptHistoryWritten communicationMiddle EastHistoryafghanistan.ancient world.antiquity.aramaic.britain.coptic inscriptions.documents.egypt.ephemera.graffiti.greek.hellenism.hellenistic east.history.informal writing.latin.linguistics.literacy.manuscripts.middle east.nonfiction.ostraka.papyri.papyrus.potsherds.roman egypt.roman empire.roman history.roman near east.slavery.smyrna.writing.written communication.Coptic inscriptionsGraffitiHistory.Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)Ostraka.Printed ephemeraHistory.Syriac languageWritten communicationHistory.Written communicationHistory.302.2/24409394Bagnall Roger S322041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785697903321Everyday writing in the Graeco-Roman East245699UNINA