Reconstructing Pathyris' Archives: A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt
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The small town of Pathyris, modern Gebelein, is located south of Thebes. After a huge revolt suppressed in 186 B.C., a Ptolemaic military camp was built in this town, where local people could serve as soldiers-serving-for-pay. The Government took several initiatives to Hellenize the town, resulting in a bilingual society. The town produced hundreds of papyri and ostraka, discovered during legal excavations and illegal diggings at the end of the 19th...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9065690573
ISBN13:9789065690579
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Peeters
Length:327 Pages
Weight:2.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.9" x 10.2"
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