Scribal repertoires in Egypt from the New Kingdom to the early Islamic period /

Reconceptualizes scribal variation in pre-modern Egypt from the perspective of contemporary historical sociolinguistics, as a rich source for understanding the scribes' complex socio-cultural environments. A series of case studies applies this framework to scribal variation spanning thousands o...

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Other Authors: Cromwell, Jennifer, (Editor), Grossman, Eitan, (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in ancient documents.
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Online Access:Oxford scholarship online