Language & Texts
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Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity [Paperback]
Daniel Stolzenberg (Author)
Regular Price: £22.50
Special Price: £15.00
ISBN: 9780226273273
Published by : University of Chicago Press
In 1655, after more than two decades of toil, Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1601/2-80) published his solution to the Egyptian hieroglyphs, "Oedipus Aegyptiacus", a work that has been called "one of the most learned monstrosities of all times." Here D... .... Learn More -
JJP Supplement 25 (2015) Journal of Juristic Papyrology: The Alexandrian Church. People and Institutions [Hardback]
Ewa Wipszycka (Author)
£66.50ISBN: 9788393842544
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 25
… a description of the hierarchical Church, its framework and machinery. The word ‘description’ is somehow too narrow to express what I would like to present, for my ambition is to show how the ecclesiastical institutions functioned. What I aim at... .... Learn More -
The Language of Ramesses [Paperback]
Francois Neveu (Author); Maria Cannata (Translator)
Regular Price: £29.95
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781782978688
Published by : Oxbow Books
François Neveu enables the reader to explore the Ramesside age through an understanding of Late Egyptian. This phase corresponds to the language spoken from the 17th to the 24th dynasty, which became a written language – used for private letters, ... .... Learn More -
Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen [Hardback]
Cosetta Cadau (Author)
Regular Price: £135.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9789004279506
Published by : Brill
This first monograph in English on Colluthus situates this late antique author within his cultural context and offers a new appraisal of his hexameter poem The Abduction of Helen, the end-point of the pagan Greek epic tradition, which was composed... .... Learn More -
JJP Supplement 21 (2014) Journal of Juristic Papyrology: Loi et coutume dans l’Égypte grecque et romaine [Hardback]
Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski (Author)
£68.00ISBN: 9788393842506
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 21
The book is devoted to the sources of law from Egypt during the millennium from the rule of Alexander the Great (332 B.C.) till Arab conquest (640 A.D.). They are known through documents, mostly Greek, but also Egyptian and Latin, written on papyr... .... Learn More -
Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th - 17th Dynasties [Hardback]
M. Marée (Author); D. Franke (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780714119878
Published by : British Museum Press
Volume: 1
The British Museum holds the largest collection of Middle Kingdom stelae outside Egypt. This is the first full publication of the collection: the scenes and inscriptions of each of the 42 stelae are described in detail, with textual notes and expl... .... Learn More -
JJP 42 (2012) Journal of Juristic Papyrology [Hardback]
Tomasz Derda (Editor); Adam Łajtar (Editor); Jakub Urbanik (Editor)
£43.00ISBN: 5550030354
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Journal
Volume: 42
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Papyrological Texts in Honor of Roger S. Bagnall [Hardback]
Rodney Ast (Editor); Hélène Cuvigny (Editor); Todd Hickey (Editor); Julia Lougovaya (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780979975868
Published by : American Society of Papyrologists
Series: American Studies in Papyrology
Volume: 53
The volume contains 70 new or substantially revised editions of documentary and non-documentary papyri and ostraca from Egypt edited by an international team of specialists. Texts span the 7th century B.C.E. to the 9th century C.E. They are writte... .... Learn More -
Dossiers of Ancient Egyptians [Paperback]
Wolfram Grajetzki (Author); Danijela Stefanovic (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781906137298
Published by : Golden House Publications
Volume: 19
The book collects more than 200 dossiers of Middle Kingdom officials. This is an addition and update to 'D. Franke's Personendaten', published in 1984. .... Learn More -
Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian [Hardback]
Boyo G. Ockinga (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9783805345323
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
The egyptian middle kingdom is the subject this handy grammar. The readers are systematically introduced to the hieroglyphic scripture, the word species, their grammatical forms and the rules of syntax. Tables, an annotated list of symbols, exerci... .... Learn More
