Select Papyri, Volume I: Private Documents [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Arthur Surridge Hunt

Personal records from the sands of Egypt.

This is the first of two volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public business. They cover a period from before 300 BC to the eighth century AD. Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt. From such papyri we get much information about administration and social and economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674992946
• ISBN13: 9780674992948
• Release Date: January 1932
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.5" x 6.7"