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The first of three volumes offering a detailed presentation of a set of letters associated with Arš¿ma, satrap in Egypt in the later fifth century BC and the
bullae that sealed them. This volume provides text and translation of the letters, along with appendices detailing Egyptiak and Akkadian documents that refer to Arš¿ma.
List of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1: by John Ma and Christopher J. Tuplin: Preface
- 1.2: Lindsay Allen: The Bodleian Achaemenid Aramaic Letters: A Fragmentary History
- 2. The Bodleian Letters
- 2.1: D. G. K. Taylor: The Bodleian Letters: Text and Translation
- 2.2: D. G. K. Taylor: The Bodleian Letters: Glossary and Concordance
- 2.3: Christopher J. Tuplin: The Bodleian Letters: Commentary
- 3. Appendix
- 3.1: Harry S. Smith, Cary J. Martin, and Christopher J. Tuplin: The Egyptian Documents
- 3.2: Reinhard Pirngrube: The Akkadian Documents
About the author
Christopher J. Tuplin is Gladstone Professor of Greek at the University of Liverpool.
John Ma is Professor of Classics at Columbia University.
Summary
The first of three volumes offering a detailed presentation of a set of letters associated with Aršama, satrap in Egypt in the later fifth century BC and the bullae that sealed them. This volume provides text and translation of the letters, along with appendices detailing Egyptiak and Akkadian documents that refer to Aršama.
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three superb volumes ... based on an impressive cross-disciplinary collaboration between specialists in Greek, Egyptian, Aramaic, Jewish, Babylonian, and Iranian studies; one can only dream that one day they will be required reading in all graduate programmes in ancient history.
