Chronological Systems of Byzantine Egypt
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: January 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789004136540
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.; Chronology, Egyptian; Time; Science; Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri); History: World; Ancient Egypt; History; Ancient - General; Interior Design - General; Christianity - History - General; Sources; Egypt; Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-6
Description: "Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the economy, society and everyday life of the late antique Mediterranean world. Its thousands of papyri provide insight into aspects and topics ignored by ancient authors. This handbook is an indispensable tool in navigating these documents, which use a host of complex systems to date legal transactions. Extensive tables and lists help the reader understand the use of consulates, the indiction of cycle, eras, and dates by imperial reigns. Other formal aspects of the documents, including Christian invocations and sworn oaths, are also fully covered."--BOOK JACKET.