Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt
«rich and stimulating ... an impressive volume, which should stand as a model for other regional studies of the epigraphic habit»
Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece & Rome
The Ptolemaic period in Egypt (332-30 BC) is one of the most well-documented periods of the Hellenistic age: in addition to the papyrological record there are more than 600 surviving Greek and Greek/Egyptian bilingual and trilingual inscriptions, ranging from massive public monuments, such as the Rosetta Stone, to small private dedications, funerary plaques, and metrical epigrams for the deceased. Les mer
cultural contexts of these important inscriptions and is intended to complement the multi-volume Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions edition, in which the Greek and Egyptian texts will be presented together for the first time.
The subjects discussed in the twelve chapters range widely across a variety of sub-disciplines, from advances in new technologies of image-capture, the juxtaposition of Greek and Egyptian elements in the layout and iconography of the monuments, and the palaeography of the Greek texts, to the history of the acquisition and study of the great bilingual decrees voted by the priests of the indigenous Egyptian cults, the introduction of Greek civic administration and communal associations in the
cities and villages, and the role of the military in monumental commemoration. Particular attention is given to the role of indigenous and Greek religious institutions in Alexandria and the towns and villages of the Nile Delta and Valley, in which commemorative dedications to divinities of temples and
statues by the monarchs and by private individuals are numerous and prominent.
In a period shaped by the interplay between Egyptian and Greek culture, the existence of public and private inscribed monuments was a vital element of dynastic control. The unique insights offered by this thorough examination of the epigraphical landscape of Ptolemaic Egypt are invaluable to understanding the ways in which the Greek immigrant rulers and population established and reinforced their social and cultural dominance of an indigenous population which had its own long-established and
traditional written and iconographic mode of public and private communication.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198858225
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«rich and stimulating ... an impressive volume, which should stand as a model for other regional studies of the epigraphic habit»
Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece & Rome
«No doubt this catalogue will prove a seminal reference for scholars in Ptolemaic Egypt for decades to come.»
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
«The challenges of typesetting a multilingual book have been met.»
Michael Zellmann-Rohrer, Gnomon