Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt Sources in Translation

"Aimed at students, instructors and general readers interested in the experiences of enslaved persons in ancient Egypt, from the Old Kingdom to the early Islamic period. Provides nearly three hundred primary sources in translation, arranged both chronologically and thematically and accompanied by contextualising introductions"--

Info autore

JANE L. ROWLANDSON was a Reader in Ancient History at King's College London. She was the author and editor of several monumental publications, including Landowners and Tenants in Roman Egypt (1996) and Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt (Cambridge, 1998). This current sourcebook was one of her remaining projects, and it is now dedicated to her memory.Roger S. Bagnall is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and founding Leon Levy Director Emeritus of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. His publications include numerous books on the documents and social and economic history of Roman and Late Antique Egypt. He is President of the American Philosophical Society.DOROTHY J. THOMPSON is a Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary President of the International Association of Papyrologists. Her books include Kerkeosiris: An Egyptian Village in the Ptolemaic Period (Cambridge, 1971), Memphis under the Ptolemies (2nd edition, 2012), and (joint with Willy Clarysse) Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt (Cambridge, 2006).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jane L. (King''''s College London) Bag Rowlandson
• Con la collaborazione di: Jane L. Rowlandson (Editore), Jane L Rowlandson (Editore), Bagnall Roger S. (Editore), Thompson Dorothy J. (Editore), Roger S. Bagnall (Editore), Roger S Bagnall (Editore), Dorothy J. Thompson (Editore), Dorothy J Thompson (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 21.03.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità
• EAN: 9781107032972
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03297-2
• Numero di pagine: 535
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, BIBLES / General, Society & culture: general, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Society and culture: general, Ancient Egypt, New Testaments