The 24 articles that comprise this study are grouped into four main headings. These deal with various social phenomena in later Roman Egyptian society, Christianization in Egypt, the Egyptian economy and taxation and public services in Egypt.
Covering Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt, this work deals with issues of historical and papyrological method: the restoration of papyrus texts,... Læs mere
This second edition of Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History continues to offer students and researchers of the ancient world a critical resource in navigating how to use these ancient texts in their research.