Memphis under the Ptolemies (Record no. 6904)
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control field | OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
control field | 20190619090221.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
fixed length control field | 190619b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780691140339 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Original cataloging agency | NVIC |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Dorothy J. Thompson |
245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Memphis under the Ptolemies |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Princeton: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1988 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xvii, 342 p., |
Dimensions | 24 cm |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson 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.<br/><br/>The relationship of the native population with the Greek-speaking immigrants is illustrated in Thompson's analysis of the position of Memphite priests within the Ptolemaic state. Egyptians continued to control mummification and the cult of the dead; the undertakers of the Memphite necropolis were barely touched by things Greek. The cult of the living Apis bull also remained primarily Egyptian; yet on death the bull, deified as Osorapis, became Sarapis for the Greeks. Within this god's sacred enclosure, the Sarapieion, is found a strange amalgam of Greek and Egyptian cultures.<br/><br/>Dorothy J. Thompson is a fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge, and a member of the faculty of classics at the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary president of the International Association of Papyrologists. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
Form subdivision | Towns |
-- | Economy |
Chronological subdivision | Graeco-Roman |
-- | Ptolemaic |
Geographic subdivision | Saqqara |
-- | Egypt |
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Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library | First Floor - 1.06 | 06/19/2019 | 1 | M 114 | M 114 | 06/19/2019 | 06/19/2019 | Books |