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Daily life in ancient Egyptian personal correspondence /

This book considers a selection of letters from the Old Kingdom up to and including the Twenty-first Dynasty. Under the topic headings of 'problems and issues', 'daily life', 'religious matters', 'military and police matters', it demonstrates the insight such...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thorpe, Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2021]
Colección:Archaeopress Egyptology ; 32.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction ; Problems and issues ; Letter 1 ; Letter 2 ; Letter 3 ; Letter 4 ; Domestic issues and responsibility ; Letter 5 ; Letter 6 ; Provisioning ; Letter 7 ; Letter 8 ; Personal and familial issues ; Letter 9 ; Letter 10 ; Letter 11 ; Letter 12 ; Summary ; Daily Life ; Building work and labour ; Letter 1 ; Letter 2 ; Husbandry ; Letter 3 ; Letter 4 ; Letter 5 ; Provisions ; Letter 6 ; Letter 7 ; Personal topics ; Letter 8 ; Letter 9 ; Letter 10 ; Raw materials ; Letter 11 ; Letters 12 and 13 ; Summary ; Religious matters ; Religious duties, festivals, and a divine offering problem ; Letter 1 ; Letter 2 ; Letter 3 ; Letter 4 ; Letter 5 ; The 'God's Father Priests of 'He of the Camp'' ; Letter 6 ; Letter 7 ; Letter 8 ; Letter 9 ; Letter 10 ; Letter 11 ; Letter 12 ; Letter 13 ; Summary ; Military and police matters ; Military duties and responsibility ; Letters 1, 2 and 3 ; Letter 4 ; Letter 5 ; Letter 6 ; An assassination plot ; Letter 7 ; Letter 8 ; Letter 9 ; Summary ; Further analysis ; Aspects of agricultural organisation and natural resources ; Religious aspects ; Aspects of feelings and emotion ; The role of women ; Delivery ; Writers and recipients ; Aspects regarding distinctiveness of data ; Conclusion ; Appendix ; Letters within collections ; Letters from a specific period ; Letters grouped by topic ; Letters grouped by same sender and/or recipient ; Letters studied with respect to specific aspects of structure and focus ; In conclusion: other categories of correspondence ; References.