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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Eyre. |
ISBN: | 9780199673896 0199673896 |
OCLC Number: | 825745694 |
Description: | 464 pages. |
Contents: | LIST OF FIGURES ; ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. The Invention of the Document in Pharonic Egypt ; 2. The Physical Form of Writing ; 3. The Vizier as Bureaucrat ; 4. The Written Authorisation ; 5. Land and People ; 6. Bureaucratic Process at Dier el Medina ; 7. Process, Storage, and Record ; 8. Conclusion ; BILBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX |
Series Title: | Oxford studies in ancient documents. |
Responsibility: | Christopher Eyre. |
Abstract:
This volume reconstructs the history of documentary practice in pharaonic Egypt from the early Old Kingdom to the administrative changes imposed by the Graeco-Roman period. It explores how the writing of documents was embedded in the interactions between customary social practices and the penetration of outside hierarchies into local government.
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The book as a whole is a very valuable addition to the Egyptological literature: Eyres use of literary sources to uncover the social process of writing is refreshing, as is his aim, in a discipline where much time is spent translating texts, to have a more reflective basis upon which to evaluate their content. * Kathryn Howley, Bibliotheca Orientalis * Read more...
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