Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East

Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East

[...]official registers of contracts show that they were not uncommon. The reason that contracts themselves have not survived in quantity is that copies were not kept in government archives, but held by an independent third party (a symbolophylax). Since papyri from mummy cartonnage are a Ptolemaic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Oriental Society 2014, Vol.134 (3), p.523-525
1. Verfasser: Moyer, Ian S.
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
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Archaeology
Greek civilization
Letters
Literacy
Pragmatism
Reviews of Books
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Writing
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Zusammenfassung:[...]official registers of contracts show that they were not uncommon. The reason that contracts themselves have not survived in quantity is that copies were not kept in government archives, but held by an independent third party (a symbolophylax). Since papyri from mummy cartonnage are a Ptolemaic phenomenon and government archives were the principal sources of such papyrus, contracts are relatively underrepresented.
ISSN:0003-0279
2169-2289
DOI:10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.3.523