The Oxford handbook of Roman Egypt /

The Oxford handbook of Roman Egypt /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:xxi, 791 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:[Oxford handbooks]
Oxford handbooks.
Subject:
Civilization.
Romans.
Romans -- Egypt.
Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
Egypt -- History -- Greco Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
Egypt.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9107274
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Varying Form of Title:Roman Egypt
Other authors / contributors:Riggs, Christina.
ISBN:9780199571451 (hardback)
0199571457 (hardback)
Notes:Series statement from jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and religious belief, and the management of agriculture and trade. Roman Egypt was a literal and figurative crossroads shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas, and framed by permeable boundaries of self and space.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Land and State
  • 1. Aegypto Capta: Augustus and the Annexation of Egypt
  • 2. Between Water and Sand: Agriculture and Husbandry
  • 3. Manufacture, Trade, and the Economy
  • 4. Government, Taxation, and Law
  • 5. The Roman Army in Egypt
  • 6. The Imperial Cult in Egypt
  • Part II. City, Town, and Chora
  • 7. Alexandria
  • 8. Settlement and Population
  • 9. Archaeology in the Delta
  • 10. The Archaeology of the Fayum
  • 11. The Theban Region under the Roman Empire
  • 12. Classical Architecture
  • 13. City of the Dead: Tuna el-Gebel
  • 14. The University of Michigan Excavation of Karanis (1924-1935): Images from the Kelsey Museum Photographic Archives
  • Part III. People
  • 15. Status and Citizenship
  • 16. Identity
  • 17. The Jews in Roman Egypt: Trials and Rebellions
  • 18. Families, Households, and Children
  • 19. Age and Health
  • Part IV. Religion
  • 20. Religious Practice and Piety
  • 21. Coping with a Difficult Life: Magic, Healing, and Sacred Knowledge
  • 22. Egyptian Temples
  • 23. Funerary Religion: The Final Phase of an Egyptian Tradition
  • 24. Oracles
  • 25. Isis, Osiris, and Serapis
  • 26. Imported Cults
  • 27. Egyptian Cult: Evidence from Temple Scriptoria and Christian Hagiographies
  • 28. Christianity
  • Part V. Texts and Language
  • 29. Language Use, Literacy, and Bilingualism
  • 30. Papyri in the Archaeological Record
  • 31. Latin in Egypt
  • 32. Greek Language, Education, and Literary Culture
  • 33. Hieratic and Demotic Literature
  • 34. Egyptian Hieroglyphs
  • 35. Coptic
  • Part VI. Images and Objects
  • 36. Funerary Artists: The Textual Evidence
  • 37. Portraits
  • 38. Terracottas
  • 39. Pottery
  • 40. Mummies and Mummification
  • 41. Nilotica and the Image of Egypt
  • Part VII. Borders, Trade, and Tourism
  • 42. Travel and Pilgrimage
  • 43. The Western Oases
  • 44. The Eastern Desert and the Red Sea Ports
  • 45. Between Egypt and Meroitic Nubia: The Southern Frontier Region
  • Index

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