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Published by New York University Press, New York, 2025
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Hardcover. Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3 presents 232 new or re-edited texts from the excavations conducted at the site of Amheida (Trimithis in the Roman period and Setwah in earlier times). In addition to the Greek texts, which are predominantly from the 2014 and 2015 field seasons, this volume also includes editions of Demotic and Hieratic ostraka found between 2004 and 2015, as well as miscellaneous inscriptions and graffiti and the first detailed presentation of all ostraka that contain drawings. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 3 (Hardcover)
- Author
- Rodney Ast
- Publisher
- New York University Press, New York
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1479832812
- ISBN 13
- 9781479832811
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About the Author
Rodney Ast is Academic Director in the Institute for Papyrology at Heidelberg University. His research interests include Greek and Latin papyrology and epigraphy, the administrative and social history of Greco-Roman Egypt, and Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade. He is co-director of excavations at Berenike on Egypt's Red Sea coast.
Roger S. Bagnall is Leon Levy Director and Professor of Ancient History Emeritus at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. He is author, co-author, and editor of many books including Egypt in Late Antiquity and Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East.
Roberta Casagrande-Kim is the Bernard and Lisa Selz Director of Exhibitions and Gallery Curator at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. An archaeologist and a curator of ancient art, Dr. Casagrande-Kim has worked extensively in archaeological excavations in Italy, Israel, Egypt, and Turkey.
Clementina Caputo is a Research Fellow at the Politecnico di Milano-DABC and chief ceramologist at Soknopaiou Nesos/Dime (Fayyum), Trimithis/Amheida (Dakhla Oasis), Umm al-Dabadib (Kharga Oasis), and Tuna el-Gebel (Middle Egypt). Her main area of research is the ceramic material culture of Roman and Byzantine Egypt.
Giovanni R. Ruffini is Professor of History and Classical Studies at Fairfield University, where he directs the Ancient Mediterranean Studies Program. His books include Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History (Oxford, 2012) and Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2018).
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