Ostraka in the Collection of New York University

Gert Baetens

ISBN 10: 1479813796 / ISBN 13: 9781479813797

Edité par New York University Press Jan 2022, 2022

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Neuware - 'Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka, or potsherds with ancient texts written on them, from Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt. Seventy-two of these ostraca are housed in NYU Special Collections, originally purchased by Caspar Kraemer in 1932, then the chair of the NYU Classics Department. Although Kraemer advertised the imminent publication of the texts in 1934 and later collaborated with the famed papyrologist Herbert Youtie, neither completed the project. The texts in this small collection span the 2nd cent. BCE to the 8th cent. CE and include both Greek and Coptic texts. The majority, however, form a coherent dossier of tax receipts related to mortuary activities in Upper Egypt during the reign of Augustus (texts 7-70, dated from roughly the last quarter of the 1st cent BCE to 12 CE). The five ostraca published in this volume not held by NYU include one that had been part of Kraemer's original purchase but was subsequently lost (thankfully preserved in a photograph in Youtie's archive at the University of Michigan), and four ostraca now held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The latter four texts were purchased separately and published previously, but clearly belong originally to the same group of texts. They are included in this volume both for the sake of completeness and because the authors were able to improve the readings in light of the context provided by the dossier. In addition to the scholarly edition of these texts, the volume contains a full discussion of their provenance, the taxes, the taxpayers and collectors, and a ceramological analysis of the sherds'.

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• Titre: Ostraka in the Collection of New York University
• Éditeur: New York University Press Jan 2022
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1479813796
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781479813797
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 279 L x 216 H x 14 P (en millimètres) 279 millimètres de largeur par 216 millimètres de hauteur par 14 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 830 grammes

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A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka

Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka, or potsherds with ancient texts written on them, from Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt. Seventy-two of these ostraca are housed in NYU Special Collections, originally purchased by Caspar Kraemer in 1932, then the chair of the NYU Classics Department. Although Kraemer advertised the imminent publication of the texts in 1934 and later collaborated with the famed papyrologist Herbert Youtie, neither completed the project. The ostraka in this small collection span the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE and include both Greek and Coptic texts. The majority, however, form a coherent dossier of tax receipts related to mortuary activities in Upper Egypt during the reign of Augustus (texts 7-70, dated from roughly the last quarter of the 1st century BCE to 12 CE). The five ostraka published in this volume not held by NYU include one that had been part of Kraemer's original purchase but was subsequently lost (thankfully preserved in a photograph in Youtie's archive at the University of Michigan), and four ostraka now held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The latter four texts were purchased separately and published previously, but clearly belong to the same group of texts. They are included in this volume both for the sake of completeness and because the present authors were able to improve the readings in light of the context provided by the dossier as a whole. In addition to the scholarly edition of these texts, the volume contains a full discussion of their provenance, the taxes involved, the taxpayers and tax-collectors, and a ceramological analysis of the sherds as media for these texts.

The book will be of interest primarily to specialists in papyrology and scholars who study the economic history of the ancient Mediterranean, Hellenistic Egypt, the Roman empire, and papyrology.

À propos des auteurs

Gert Baetens holds a PhD from KU Leuven and specializes in Greek and Demotic papyrology and the history of Graeco-Roman Egypt. His recent publications include studies of the legal petition process and the organization of the funerary trade.

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.

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.

Élodie Mazy is a PhD candidate at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where she received her master's degrees in Classics and History. Her current researches focus on papyrology and the social, economic and cultural history in Byzantine and Early Islamic Egypt, with a focus on the organization of feasts and festivals.

David M. Ratzan is the Head of the Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU. He holds a PhD from Columbia University in Classical Studies and has published on various aspects of the social and economic history of the ancient Mediterranean world.