02249nam 2200421 450 99620863170331620231103231612.00-674-99294-6(CKB)3820000000012367(NjHacI)993820000000012367(EXLCZ)99382000000001236720231103d1932 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSelect PapyriVolume I, Private Documents /with an English translation by A. S. Hunt and C. C. EdgarCambridge, MA :Harvard University Press,1932.1 online resource (480 pages)Loeb classical library ;LCL266Includes index.This is the first of two volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public business. They cover a period from before 300 BCE to the eighth century CE. Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt. From such papyri we get much information about administration and social and economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine law, as well as glimpses of ordinary life.This volume contains: Agreements, 71 examples; these concern marriage, divorce, adoption, apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment of labourers. Receipts, 10. Wills, 6. Deed of disownment. Personal letters from men and women, young and old, 82. Memoranda, 2. Invitations, 5. Orders for payment, 2. Agenda, 2. Accounts and inventories, 12. Questions of oracles, 3. Christian prayers, 2. A Gnostic charm. Horoscopes, 2.The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Select Papyri also includes a volume of poetry.Loeb classical library ;LCL266.Select Papyri, Volume IManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)Greek literatureTranslations into EnglishManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)Greek literature481.7Hunt A. S.Edgar C. C.NjHacINjHaclBOOK996208631703316Select papyri80980UNISA