Royal correspondence in the Hellenistic period
Subtitle: a study in Greek epigraphy
By: by C. Bradford Welles.
Publisher: Kondakov Institute
Published: 1934
Place of publication: New Haven; Prague
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Inscriptions, Greek -- Turkey.; Greek letters.; Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.); Seleucids.; Bergama (Turkey) -- History -- Sources.
Notes: Bibliography:  p. [xvii]-xxix.
Printed in Czechoslovakia.
"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.
Table of contents: title: I. The use of letters in Hellenistic diplomacy. II. The composition and style of the letters. III. The language of the letters.; title: Texts.; title: Appendix: The vocabulary of the letters.