The epigraphy of ptolemaic Egypt / edited by Alan Bowman and Charles Crowther.
| Other author | Bowman, Alan K. |
| Other author | Crowther, C. V. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. |
| Description | xxvi, 353 pages : illustrations, charts, map, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents Oxford studies in ancient documents. ^A708677 |
| Contents | Introduction: The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt -- Imaging Inscriptions : The Kingston Lacy Obelisk -- Beyond Rosetta : Multilingual Inscriptions, the Antiquities Trade, and the Decipherment of Egyptian Scripts -- Greek Texts on Egyptian Monuments -- The Epigraphy of the 'Greek Cities' -- Religious Life in Ptolemaic Alexandria under the Royal Aegis : An Overview of the Epigraphic Evidence -- Foundation Deposits from Third-Century BC Egypt -- Hellenistic Sacred Dedications : The View from Egypt -- Soldiers in the Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt -- Inscriptions and Papyri : Two Intersecting Worlds -- Epigraphic Habits of Private Associations in the Ptolemaic Chora -- The Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions : The Metrical Texts -- The Palaeography of Ptolemaic Inscriptions from Egypt. |
| Summary | "The Ptolemaic period in Egypt (332-30 BC) is one of the most well-documented periods of the Hellenistic age: in addition to the papyrological record there are more than 600 surviving Greek and Greek/Egyptian bilingual and trilingual inscriptions, ranging from massive public monuments, such as the Rosetta Stone, to small private dedications, funerary plaques, and metrical epigrams for the deceased. This volume offers a series of detailed studies of the historical andcultural contexts of these important inscriptions and is intended to complement the multi-volume Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions edition, in which the Greek and Egyptian texts will be presented together for the first time. 0The subjects discussed in the twelve chapters range widely across a variety of sub-disciplines, from advances in new technologies of image-capture, the juxtaposition of Greek and Egyptian elements in the layout and iconography of the monuments, and the palaeography of the Greek texts, to the history of the acquisition and study of the great bilingual decrees voted by the priests of the indigenous Egyptian cults, the introduction of Greek civic administration and communal associations in the cities and villages, and the role of the military in monumental commemoration. Particular attention is given to the role of indigenous and Greek religious institutions in Alexandria and the towns and villages of the Nile Delta and Valley, in which commemorative dedications to divinities of temples and statues by the monarchs and by private individuals are numerous and prominent. 0In a period shaped by the interplay between Egyptian and Greek culture, the existence of public and private inscribed monuments was a vital element of dynastic control."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-332) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020930013 |
| ISBN | 9780198858225 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0198858221 (hardback) |