Memphis under the Ptolemies / Dorothy J. Thompson.
2012
DT73.M5 T46 2012eb
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Title
Memphis under the Ptolemies / Dorothy J. Thompson.
Author
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9781400843053 (electronic bk.)
1400843057 (electronic bk.)
9780691152172
0691152179
9780691140339
0691140332
1400843057 (electronic bk.)
9780691152172
0691152179
9780691140339
0691140332
Published
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps
Other Standard Identifiers
40020606702
Call Number
DT73.M5 T46 2012eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1260628232
Summary
Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, the author examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis in the era between Alexander and Augustus. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this masterful account is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Egypt or the Hellenistic world.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The second city
Economic life in Memphis
Ethnic minorities
Ptolemies and temples
The undertakers
Apis and other cults
Between two worlds: the Sarapieion
Roman Memphis: an epilogue.
Economic life in Memphis
Ethnic minorities
Ptolemies and temples
The undertakers
Apis and other cults
Between two worlds: the Sarapieion
Roman Memphis: an epilogue.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Thompson, Dorothy J., 1939- Memphis under the Ptolemies. Second edition. Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2012
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