Title Everyday writing in the Graeco-Roman East / Roger S. Bagnall

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages) : illustrations Series Sather classical lectures ; v. 69 Sather classical lectures ; v. 69 Contents Informal writing in a public place: the graffiti of Smyrna -- The ubiquity of documents in the Hellenistic East -- Documenting slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt -- Greek and Coptic in late antique Egypt -- Greek and Syriac in the Roman Near East -- Writing on ostraca: a culture of potsherds? Summary Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, the author, a leading papyrologist, argues that ordinary people - from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan - used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized previously Analysis afghanistan ancient world antiquity aramaic britain coptic inscriptions documents egypt ephemera graffiti greek hellenism hellenistic east history informal writing latin linguistics literacy manuscripts middle east nonfiction ostraka papyri papyrus potsherds roman egypt roman empire roman history roman near east slavery smyrna writing written communication Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Written communication -- Egypt -- History Written communication -- Middle East -- History Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Egypt Printed ephemera -- History Graffiti -- History Ostraka. Coptic inscriptions -- Egypt Syriac language -- Texts ostraka. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Coptic inscriptions Graffiti Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) Ostraka Printed ephemera Syriac language Written communication Egypt Middle East Genre/Form History Texts Form Electronic book LC no. 2010023442 ISBN 9780520948525 0520948521 1283277697 9781283277693 9786613277695 661327769X

  Permalink