Oxyrhynchus : A City and Its Texts Hardback
Edited by A.K. Bowman, R.A. Coles, N. Gonis, D. Obbink, P.J. Parsons
Part of the Graeco-Roman Memoirs series
Hardback
Description
The volume offers an account of Oxyrhynchus as an ancient city and archaeological site by surveying its material culture and art objects, including sculpture and draftsmanship, against the backdrop of the papyrus texts.
It includes treatments of the site itself (city plan, topography, monuments, art architecture), the history of the excavations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as a synthesis of the study of the social, cultural and intellectual life under Greek, Roman and Byzantine rule. Original contributions by E.G. Turner and W.M.F. Petrie are reprinted; the original archaeological reports are edited with noted.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:437 pages, illus.
- Publisher:Egypt Exploration Society
- Publication Date:31/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780856981777
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:437 pages, illus.
- Publisher:Egypt Exploration Society
- Publication Date:31/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780856981777
