Recording village life : a Coptic scribe in early Islamic Egypt
Recording Village Life presents a close study of over 140 Coptic texts written between 724-756 CE by a single scribe, Aristophanes son of Johannes, of the village Djeme in western Thebes. These texts, which focus primarily on taxation and property concerns, yield a wealth of knowledge about social a...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,
[2017]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | New texts from ancient cultures
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| Schlagworte: | Scribes Copts HISTORY - Middle East - Egypt HISTORY - General History |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource |
Inhaltsangabe:
- A scribe in his time and place
- Building Aristophanes' dossier
- Putting pen on papyrus: scribal practices and processes
- Recording taxes
- Recording private lives
- Aristophanes' personal and professional lives.