ISBN:
9780520948525
,
0520948521
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 179 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Sather classical lectures v. 69
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bagnall, Roger S Everyday writing in the Graeco-Roman East
DDC:
302.224409394
Keywords:
Written communication History
;
Egypt
;
Written communication History
;
Middle East
;
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) Egypt
;
Printed ephemera History
;
Graffiti History
;
Coptic inscriptions Egypt
;
Syriac language Texts
;
Egypt
;
Middle East
;
Ostraka
;
Written communication History
;
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
;
Printed ephemera History
;
Graffiti History
;
Written communication History
;
Coptic inscriptions
;
Syriac language Texts
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Archaeology
;
Coptic inscriptions
;
Graffiti
;
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
;
Ostraka
;
Printed ephemera
;
Syriac language
;
Written communication
;
History
;
Texts
;
Egypt
;
Middle East
;
Electronic books History
;
Texts
Abstract:
Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, the author, a leading papyrologist, argues that ordinary people - from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan - used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized previously
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520267022.001.0001
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