C. J. Martin
Demotic Papyri from the Memphite Necropolis
In the Collections of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, the British Museum and the Hermitage Museum
2 vol., 263 p., 66 b/w ill., 220 x 280 mm, 2009
ISBN: 978-2-503-53353-7
Languages: English
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The Demotic texts published in this volume come from the
Archives of the funerary-workers of the Memphite Necropolis. The
papyri date to the Ptolemaic Period and were discovered early in
the 19th century. The book is in two sections. The first
part provides an introduction to the Archives and to the
funerary-workers and their families. The topography of the
Necropolis is discussed and the different types of tomb structures
and funerary income are examined. The second part contains full
editions of and commentaries on nine of the papyri, most of which
are either unpublished or only available in summary and
now-out-of-date editions. Seven of the texts are kept in the
National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden; one is in the British
Museum and another in the Hermitage. Full photographs of each
papyrus are provided and detailed indexes complete the
publication.
Cary J. Martin is an Honorary Research
Fellow in the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
His principal research interests are the legal and economic history
of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods.
"Martin had insgesamt eine schöne und sorgfältig erarbeitete Publikation vorgelegt, die neben Informationen über zivilrechtliche Beziehungen einen interessanten Einblick in die wirtschaftlichen und juristischen Aspekte des Bestattungswesens gibt. Und diese Seite ist ja ob der überwältigenden Menge an funerärreligiösen Texten, die sich über die weltlichen Dinge eines Begräbnisses völlig ausschweigen, durchaus nicht zu vergessen." (Martin Andreas Stadler, in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 2014, 109 (4-5), p. 277-279)
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