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Roger S Bagnall, Roger S (Columbia University) Bagnall, Roger S. Bagnall

The Undertakers of the Great Oasis

English · Hardback

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The volume presents a group of papyri, discovered in the 1890s and partially published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 (P. Grenf. II). They come from the Khargha Oasis and date to the period 237 to 314. Many of them relate to a family of ''nekrotaphoi'' - ''undertakers'', an activity which also included responsibility for the mummification process (rather than just grave-digging). The texts contain petitions, letters and private legal instruments (such as loans, mandates, deeds of gift or sales).>

Product details

Authors	Roger S Bagnall
Assisted by	Roger S (Columbia University) Bagnall (Editor), Roger S. Bagnall (Editor)
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	30.10.2017

EAN	9780856982347
ISBN	978-0-85698-234-7
No. of pages	148
Series	Graeco-Roman Memoirs, Supplemental
Subject	Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity

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