The Judean-Syrian-Egyptian Conflict of 103-101 B.C.: A Multilingual Dossier Concerning a 'War of Scepters'

by G Cohen, W Clarysse, J Quaegebeur

In 103-101 B.C. a dynastic struggle between two Ptolemaic princes is fought in Syria and Palestine and involves the Seleucids and the Hasmonean Alexander Jannaeus. The ancient historians Pompeius Trogus, Justinus and Josephus give only a very sketchy picture of the events. In the present volume this is fleshed out by papyri and inscriptions: a correspondence in Greek and demotic of Ptolemaic soldiers on campaign to their relatives in far-away Pathyris,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 906569403X
• ISBN13: 9789065694034
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 187 Pages