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The Undertakers of the Great Oasis (P. Nekr.)

Roger S Bagnall editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Egypt Exploration Society

Published:22nd Dec '17

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The volume presents a group of papyri, discovered in the 1890s and partially published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 (P. Grenf. II). They come from the Khargha Oasis and date to the period 237 to 314. Many of them relate to a family of 'nekrotaphoi' - 'undertakers', an activity which also included responsibility for the mummification process (rather than just grave-digging). The texts contain petitions, letters and private legal instruments (such as loans, mandates, deeds of gift or sales).

ISBN: 9780856982347

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

148 pages