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Document Details : Title: New Light on the Hawara Undertakers Subtitle: P.Ryl. 4.587 and 588 and the Expression of Identity in Ptolemaic Egypt Author(s): COUSSEMENT, Sandra Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume: 49 Date: 2012 Pages: 259-275 DOI: 10.2143/BASP.49.0.3206617 Abstract : This article proposes the identification of a family of Egyptian funerary personnel from Hawara with a family of Persians and Macedonians mentioned in P.Ryl. 4.587 en 588. The Greek papyri are re-edited in part with revised readings. This is followed by a discussion of Greek-Egyptian double names and how these contribute to the expression of identity in Ptolemaic Egypt. |
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