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Select Papyri, Volume I [Book 1 of 2: Loeb Classical Library 266: Select Papyri]

London: Heinemann, 1932. Softcover. 16mo., 445 pp. Book 1 of 3: Loeb Classical Library 266: Select Papyri. Personal records from the ancients. This 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. The papyri reveal information about the administration and social and economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine law, as well as glimpses of ordinary life. 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. The three-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of Select Papyri also includes a volume of poetry. Very Good in black pebbled leather with some age toning to the pages. Item #529202603

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