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The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt

by: Bowman, A. Crowther, C.

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Category: Epigraphy / Greek Linguistics / Early Greek Languages
Code: 26803
ISBN-13: 9780198858225 / 978-0-19-885822-5
ISBN-10: 0198858221 / 0-19-885822-1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2020
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 353
Book Condition: New
Comments: Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents

The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt
Edited by Alan Bowman and Charles Crowther
Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents
Offers wide-ranging comparative discussion and analysis of Greek and Egyptian epigraphic traditions during the Ptolemaic period in Egypt
Complements the multi-volume Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions edition, in which the Greek and Egyptian texts will be presented together for the first time
Provides a new introduction to some of the most important inscriptions of the Ptolemaic period
Sheds new light on the ways in which Egyptian society adapted to Greek institutional and cultural domination, highlighting the prominent role of administrators and religious and military personnel in the public presentation of the Ptolemaic regime
Explores the complex network of contrasts and complementarities in the Greek and indigenous Egyptian traditions of public and private monuments and religious institutions

Description
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 and cultural 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.

The 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.

In 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. The unique insights offered by this thorough examination of the epigraphical landscape of Ptolemaic Egypt are invaluable to understanding the ways in which the Greek immigrant rulers and population established and reinforced their social and cultural dominance of an indigenous population which had its own long-established and traditional written and iconographic mode of public and private communication.

Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1:Introduction: The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt, Alan Bowman and Charles Crowther
2:Imaging Inscriptions: The Kingston Lacy Obelisk, Jane Masséglia
3:Beyond Rosetta: Multilingual Inscriptions, the Antiquities Trade, and the Decipherment of Egyptian Scripts, Rachel Mairs
4:Greek Texts on Egyptian Monuments, Willy Clarysse
5:The Epigraphy of the 'Greek Cities', Alan Bowman
6:Religious Life in Ptolemaic Alexandria Under the Royal Aegis: An Overview of the Epigraphic Evidence, Kyriakos Savvopoulos
7:Foundation Deposits from Third-Century BC Egypt, Dorothy J. Thompson
8:Hellenistic Sacred Dedications: The View from Egypt, Supratik Baralay
9:Soldiers in the Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt, Christelle Fischer-Bovet
10:Inscriptions and Papyri: Two Intersecting Worlds, Willy Clarysse
11:Epigraphic Habits of Private Associations in the Ptolemaic Chora, Mario C. D. Paganini
12:The Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions: The Metrical Texts, Simon Hornblower
13:The Palaeography of Ptolemaic Inscriptions from Egypt, Charles Crowther
Appendix: List of Texts in the Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions
Bibliography
Indexes

 
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The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt

by: Bowman, A. Crowther, C.

  • ISBN-13: 9780198858225 / 978-0-19-885822-5
  • ISBN-03: 0198858221 / 0-19-885822-1
  • Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020

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