The rise of the flexible template: Patterns of change in identification methods between the Ptolemaic and the Roman Period

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Abstract

The following paper presents the preliminary results of a survey of different forms of designation for persons in documentary papyri. For the Ptolemaic period, the survey includes legal documents and lists; our discussion of the Roman period will also include personal notifications, a new type of documentation introduced after 30 BCE. Other documentary genres, in particular petitions and letters, have been left for a future investigation. In this paper, I will (1) posit that, in the Ptolemaic...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationL’identification des personnes dans les mondes grecs
EditorsRomain Guicharrousse, Paulin Ismard, Matthieu Vallet, Anne-Emmanuelle Veïsse
Place of PublicationParis
PublisherÉditions de la Sorbonne
Pages77-89
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9791035105839
ISBN (Print)9791035103101
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameHistoire ancienne et médiévale
ISSN (Print)0290-4500

Keywords

  • Classics
  • History

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