02238nam 2200481 450 991079131500332120210209163307.01-61797-345-91-61797-475-7(CKB)2550000001246400(EBL)1649002(MiAaPQ)EBC6242547(MiAaPQ)EBC1635665(MiAaPQ)EBC1649002(EXLCZ)99255000000124640020201019d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDjekhy & son doing business in ancient Egypt /Koenraad Donker van HeelCairo ;New York :The American University in Cairo Press,2012.1 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.977-416-569-1 1-306-49270-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexesDjekhy & 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 beBusiness enterprisesEgyptHistorySourcesBusinessmenEgyptHistorySourcesBusiness enterprisesHistoryBusinessmenHistory330.93202Donker van Heel K(Koenraad),1488069MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791315003321Djekhy & son3708270UNINA