Arsama and His World: The Bodleian Letters in Context - Volume Ii: Bullae and Seals

The second 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 presents a catalogue of thebullae and chapters examining the regional context of the seals.

List of contents

• 1: Mark B. Garrison and Deniz Kaptan: Catalogue of Bullae


• 2: Mark B. Garrison and Wouter F. M. Henkelman: The Seal of Prince Arš¿ma: From Persepolis to Oxford


• 3: Mark B. Garrison and Deniz Kaptan: The Stamp Seal


• 4: Deniz Kaptan: Anatolian Connections


• 5: Wouter F. M. Henkelman: Nakht¿or in Persepolis


• Appendix: Seals Associated with Satraps and Satrap-Level Administrators

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 second 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 presents a catalogue of thebullae and chapters examining the regional context of the seals.

Additional text

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.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher J. (University of Liverpool) M Tuplin
• Assisted by: John Ma (Editor), Ma John (Editor), Christopher J. Tuplin (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2020
• EAN: 9780198860709
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886070-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Persian Empire