LEADER 02249nam  2200421   450 
001 996208631703316
005 20231103231612.0
010   $a0-674-99294-6
035   $a(CKB)3820000000012367
035   $a(NjHacI)993820000000012367
035   $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012367
100   $a20231103d1932      uy             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|||||||||||
181   $ctxt$2rdacontent
182   $cc$2rdamedia
183   $acr$2rdacarrier
200 00$aSelect Papyri$hVolume I, $iPrivate Documents /$fwith an English translation by A. S. Hunt and C. C. Edgar
210  1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d1932.
215   $a1 online resource (480 pages)
225 1 $aLoeb classical library ;$vLCL266
300   $aIncludes index.
330   $aThis is the first of two volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public business. They cover a period from before 300 BCE to the eighth century CE. Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt. From such papyri we get much information about administration and social and economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine law, as well as glimpses of ordinary life.This volume contains: Agreements, 71 examples; these concern marriage, divorce, adoption, apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment of labourers. Receipts, 10. Wills, 6. Deed of disownment. Personal letters from men and women, young and old, 82. Memoranda, 2. Invitations, 5. Orders for payment, 2. Agenda, 2. Accounts and inventories, 12. Questions of oracles, 3. Christian prayers, 2. A Gnostic charm. Horoscopes, 2.The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Select Papyri also includes a volume of poetry.
410  0$aLoeb classical library ;$vLCL266.
517   $aSelect Papyri, Volume I
606   $aManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
606   $aGreek literature$vTranslations into English
615  0$aManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
615  0$aGreek literature
676   $a481.7
702   $aHunt$b A. S.
702   $aEdgar$b C. C.
801  0$bNjHacI
801  1$bNjHacl
906   $aBOOK
912   $a996208631703316
996   $aSelect papyri$980980
997   $aUNISA