DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The Oriental Institute Hawara Papyri

Demotic and Greek Texts from an Egyptian Family Archive in the Fayum (Fourth to Third Century B.C.

Richard Jasnow author George R Hughes author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Published:1st Dec '97

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Oriental Institute Hawara Papyri cover

The papyri published here, chiefly in the collection of the Oriental Institute Museum, comprise part of a large family archive from the town of Hawara in the Egyptian Fayum. Written in Demotic and Greek, the documents (annuity contracts, donations, sales, mortgage agreements, loan repayments) are an excellent source of information about the Egypt of the fourth to third century b.c. Professor George R. Hughes had worked on the ten Oriental Institute Hawara papyri for a number of years, but sadly, it was not possible for him to finish the manuscript before his death in December 1992; he did, however, prepare preliminary transliterations and translations of the papyri, including the Rendell Papyrus published in the Appendix. Discussions, commentaries, and glossaries are included. Richard Jasnow completed the manuscript with the assistance of James Keenan, who prepared the Greek texts. The book is of interest to Egyptologists, Hellenists, and all of those concerned with the economic and social history of the Late period in Egypt.

ISBN: 9781885923028

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1165g

101 pages