Greek and Latin sources (original) (raw)
2020, Oxford Handbook of Egyptology
A wealth of Latin and Greek sources is available for the study of Egypt, both literary texts preserved in manuscripts, and historical documents inscribed on stone, or written on pa pyrus, pottery shards, and other writing materials. Though literary texts, including an cient Greek accounts of Egyptian history, ethnography and geography must be read in the cultural context for which they were produced, they can also provide useful information on Egyptian history in the periods contemporary with classical Greek and Roman civiliza tion, as well as evidence of how Egypt was remembered and represented by Greek and Roman authors, as well as by Egyptians themselves. The volume of Greek and Latin papyrus documents and inscriptions is enormous and provides an invaluable resource for the study of Egyptian history, especially its economic and social aspects, but also for the study of cultural and ethnic relations between Egyptians and immigrant populations. Col laboration between specialists in Greek, Latin, and Egyptian materials is vital to getting the full benefit of these resources for the study of ancient Egypt.
Related papers
Literary Sources of Ancient Egyptian History
It is worthy to note that Ancient Egyptians bequeathed a rich literary legacy sincerely representing most of their attitudes in life and obviously assuring that the Egyptians were the first founders of the sublime structure of human thought and that they surpassed other ancient nations in this respect. Such a legacy is also characterized with its historical fundamentality thanks to its valuable historical information which help researchers unveil much of Ancient Egyptian history. That is why it is considered one of the major important sources of Ancient Egyptian history
Ancient Egyptian Philology -The Researches Project Date My Presentation
2014
this report of two phases First report: The state of knowledge in Egyptology from the ancient Egyptian religion, "Symbols and signs" the most important, in the ancient Egyptian language, and the depth of hieroglyphics, in the Hieroglyphs line used style Graphical for recording events on the monuments Religious, and on the walls of temples, tombs, texts carved stone, and colored wooden panels, because of their nature, were considered since ancient system of writing and beautiful art decorative at the same time, like that of the Latin line or Arab. The ancient Egyptian lines key: hieroglyphic lines, and hieratic and demotic.
Latin in Egyptian Documents between Caracalla and Diocletian
29th International Congress of Papyrology. Lecce, 28.07-03.08.2019
During the six centuries of Roman domination over Egypt, Latin language was employed in several documentary papyri written in that province. In the first two centuries one finds Latin both in Alexandria and in the chora, in documents referring to the military; in business documents such as acknowledgments of debts and emptiones; and documents crucial to Roman citizens in the province: testaments and related paperwork (agnitiones bonorum, cretiones hereditatis), enfranchisement of slaves (manumissiones), birth certificates (testationes and professiones), etc. On the other hand, in the last centuries of Byzantine Egypt, Latin has been confined, when concerning documents, to formulae and subscriptions to Greek documents, all produced within provincial bureaus. The critical period for the evolution of Latin in Egyptian documentary papyri is the third century, ideally contained between Caracalla’s Constitutio Antoniniana (AD 212) and Diocletian’s reforms (AD 285-305). This paper takes into accounts all surviving Latin documentary papyri produced in Egypt during the 3rd AD, collected and studied within the frame of project PLATINUM (ERC-StG 2014 no 636983) and unconnected with the military; it will point out which typologies of documents keep existing, and which ones are wiped out; it will investigate on how the historical events which marked the crisis of the century affected the use of Latin in documents from Egypt.
Loading Preview
Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. You can download the paper by clicking the button above.