ISBN:
9780520275799
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (197 p)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Trehuedic, Kevin [Rezension von: Roger S. Bagnall, Everyday writing in the graeco-roman east (Sather Classical Lectures ; 69)] 2013
Series Statement:
Sather Classical Lectures v.69
Parallel Title:
Print version Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East
DDC:
302.2/24409394 2 22
Keywords:
Coptic inscriptions - Egypt
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized. Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Informal Writing in a Public Place: The Graffiti of Smyrna; 2. The Ubiquity of Documents in the Hellenistic East; 3. Documenting Slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt; 4. Greek and Coptic in Late Antique Egypt; 5. Greek and Syriac in the Roman Near East; 6. Writing on Ostraca: A Culture of Potsherds?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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