Undertakers of the Great Oasis (P. Nekr.)
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Grenfell and Hunt
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Papyri from Khargha Oasis
period 237-314
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SN=Graeco-Roman Memoirs Supplemental
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- ISBN 9780856982347
- Publication Date: 22 Dec 2017
- Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The volume presents a group of papyri, discovered in the 1890s and partially published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 (P. Grenf. II). They come from the Khargha Oasis and date to the period 237 to 314. Many of them relate to a family of 'nekrotaphoi' - 'undertakers', an activity which also included responsibility for the mummification process (rather than just grave-digging). The texts contain petitions, letters and private legal instruments (such as loans, mandates, deeds of gift or sales).
