Royal correspondence in the Hellenistic period
Subtitle: a study in Greek epigraphy
By: by C. Bradford Welles
Publisher: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng; grc
Translated from: grc
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Greek Inscriptions; Greek letters; Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.); Seleucids; History; Sources
Notes: "Ristampa anastatica dell'edizione ... 1934."

"Seventy five texts principally from the Seleucid and Attalid kingdoms, but also from the Asiatic dependencies of the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt and the minor kingdoms of Asia Minor." Introd., p. xxxviii.

The texts are accompanied by translations and historical analyses.

"List of works cited by abbreviated title": p. [xvii]-xxix.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: I. The use of letters in Hellenistic diplomacy. II. Composition and style of the letters. III. The language of the letters.- Texts.- Appendix: Study of elements in the vocabulary of the royal letters.- Indices.