The Erbstreit Papyri: A Bilingual Dossier from Pathyris of the Second Century BC (Pap. Erbstreit)

by K Vandorpe

The Erbstreit papyri, nineteen papyri with twenty texts, now dispersed over five different collections, represent a bilingual dossier that was collected in Antiquity as a result of inheritance disputes. They were once part of a family archive kept in the Upper-Egyptian town of ancient Pathyris, modern Gebelein. The disputes started after the death of the woman Tamenos, daughter of Panas alias Hermokrates, when members from several branches of her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042931884
• ISBN13: 9789042931886
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 10.9"