LEADER 03071nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910814000003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-91205-4 010 $a9786612912054 010 $a3-11-024705-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110247053 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055912 035 $a(EBL)655994 035 $a(OCoLC)692196075 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416095 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297124 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416095 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10421508 035 $a(PQKB)11025406 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC655994 035 $a(DE-B1597)113767 035 $a(OCoLC)844790830 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110247053 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL655994 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430550 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291205 035 $a(PPN)175503761 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055912 100 $a20100929d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDocumentary Arabic private and business letters on papyrus $eform and function, content and context /$fby Eva Mira Grob 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York, NY ;$aBerlin $cDe Gruyter$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (291 p.) 225 0 $aArchiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte ;$v29 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-024704-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. Numbers, materials, and distribution over time -- $t2. Formulary -- $t3. Pragmatics -- $t4. Language -- $t5. Script and layout -- $t6. Summary -- $t Backmatter 330 $aArabic letters on papyrus challenge the modern reader. There are few to no diacritical dots to distinguish homographs, no systematic spacing between single words, and in the majority of cases a low degree of graphical structuring. However, contemporary readers usually read and understood these documents easily - probably because the recipient of a letter knew what to expect. The letters are formulaic, and their information packaging follows an algorithm typical for their time and content. Here formulaic letter writing means not only the reuse of the same formulae or topoi but expressing though 410 0$aArchiv fu?r Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte 606 $aArabic letters$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLetter writing, Arabic$xHistory 606 $aManuscripts, Arabic (Papyri) 615 0$aArabic letters$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLetter writing, Arabic$xHistory. 615 0$aManuscripts, Arabic (Papyri) 676 $a892.7/6009 686 $aNM 3500$2rvk 700 $aGrob$b Eva Mira$01659028 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814000003321 996 $aDocumentary Arabic private and business letters on papyrus$94013468 997 $aUNINA