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Title Oxyrhynchus : a city and its texts / edited by A.K. Bowman ... [et al.]
Publication Info London : Published for the Arts and Humanities Research Council by the Egypt Exploration Society, 2007
Location Call Number Status
 Watson Library Stacks  DT73.O8 O89 2007    REQUESTABLE
Description xiv, 407 p., [31] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm
Series Graeco-Roman memoirs, 0306-9222 ; no. 93
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents City and Excavation -- 1. Oxyrhynchus: A City and its Texts / Revel A. Coles -- 2. The Graeco-Roman Branch of the Egypt Exploration Society / E. G. Turner -- [Appendix]: Grenfell and Hunt's first ten years -- 3. News Reports: The Excavations and their Journalistic Coverage / Dominic Montserrat -- Appendix: Concluding fragment of a lecture by Grenfell -- 4. Papyruskartell: The Papyri and the Movement of Antiquities / Alain Martin -- 5. Oxyrhynkhos Revisited / W. M. F. Petrie -- 6. The Great Theatre / Donald M. Bailey -- 7. Grave-Reliefs and Architectural Sculpture / Klaus Parlasca -- Appendix: Grave reliefs in photographs / A. S. Hunt -- 8. The Italian Excavations / Rosario Pintaudi -- 9. The Kuwaiti Excavations, 1985-87 / Geza Fehervari -- 10. Recent Archaeological Work / Josep Padro -- 11. Roman Oxyrhynchus / E. G. Turner -- Papyri, Society, and Government -- 12. Oxyrhynchus and Rome / E. G. Turner -- 13. Roman Oxyrhynchus: City and People / Alan K. Bowman -- 14. Family and Society in Roman Oxyrhynchus / Roger S. Bagnall -- 15. The Emergence of Municipal Offices in the Nome-Capitals of Egypt / Dieter Hagedorn -- 16. Oxyrhynchus and its Hinterland / Jane Rowlandson -- 17. The Food Supply / Michael Sharp -- 18. Latin Texts and Roman Citizens / J. David Thomas -- Appendix: Latin texts from Oxyrhynchus -- Literature, Art, and Science -- 19. Editing the New Finds: Glimpses from the Correspondence of A. S. Hunt / Luigi Lehnus -- 20. Scribes and Scholars / E. G. Turner -- Appendix: Provisional list of scribal identifications -- 21. Copyists of Oxyrhynchus / Peter Parsons -- 22. Readers and Intellectuals / Dirk Obbink -- Appendix: P. Oxy. XVIII 2192 revisited / Rosalia Hatzilambrou -- 23. The Schools / Raffaella Cribiore -- 24. Drawing a Fine Line in Oxyrhynchus / Helen Whitehouse -- Appendix: Papyri illustrated in the plates / J. J. Coulton -- 25. Astrologers and their Astronomy / Alexander Jones -- 26. New Testament Papyri and the Transmission of the New Testament / Eldon Jay Epp -- 27. Coptic Oxyrhynchus / Sarah Clackson -- Archival Materials -- 28. Excavations at Oxyrhynchus (1896-1907) / Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt -- 29. Objects from Oxyrhynchus in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum / Donald M. Bailey -- Index of Ancient Manuscripts (Papyri, Ostraca, Codices) and Inscriptions Cited -- Index of Ancient and Medieval Works and Authors Cited -- General Index
Subjects Oxyrhynchus papyri.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Bahnasā
Bahnasā (Egypt)
Bahnasā (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Additional Authors Bowman, Alan K.
Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain)
Egypt Exploration Society.
Series Graeco-Roman memoirs ; v. 93.
Donor Watson Library copy: Arthur K. Watson Gift
ISBN 9780856981777
085698177X
OCLC 222146787