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The UCL Lahun Papyri: Letters
Contributor(s): Collier, Mark (Editor), Quirke, Stephen (Editor)
ISBN: 1841714623     ISBN-13: 9781841714622
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $85.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2002
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BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | African Languages (see Also Swahili)
- Social Science | Archaeology
Dewey: 493.1
LCCN: 2003386883
Series: BAR International
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (1.60 lbs) 222 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

The University College London Lahun (Middle Kingdom) papyri constitute one of the most remarkable harvests of papyri of any age. This volume communicates the content of the surviving letters and letter fragments from the Petrie excavations at Lahun in an accessible and affordable format. The letters and fragments are from original letters: model letters, letter copies, and reports are reserved for future publications. The volume is intended not only for Egyptological researchers, but also for learners in higher and further education. This mass of writing calls for a more nuanced appreciation of the roles of writing and reading, and the social reach of the written culture across the different classes, ages, genders inhabiting this architecture and landscape. (The reader will find three means of access to the original content: Printed pages with transcriptions, transliterations, and translations; A printed index; The entire collection of papyri available to download on-line.)


Contributor Bio(s): Collier, Mark: - Mark Collier and Stephen Quirke