{"product_id":"select-papyri-volume-i","title":"Select Papyri, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersonal records from the sands of Egypt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first of two volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public business. They cover a period from before 300 BC to the eighth century AD. Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt. From such papyri we get much information about administration and social and economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine law, as well as glimpses of ordinary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume contains: Agreements, 71 examples; these concern marriage, divorce, adoption, apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment of laborers. Receipts, 10. Wills, 6. Deed of disownment. Personal letters from men and women, young and old, 82. Memoranda, 2. Invitations, 5. Orders for payment, 2. Agenda, 2. Accounts and inventories, 12. Questions of oracles, 3. Christian prayers, 2. A Gnostic charm. Horoscopes, 2. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of \u003ci\u003eSelect Papyri\u003c\/i\u003e also includes a volume of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254459322712,"sku":"9780674992948","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674992948.jpg?v=1778562968","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/select-papyri-volume-i","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}