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The Petra papyri by Antti Arjava; Matias Buchholz; Robert W Daniel; Zbigniew T Fiema; Jaakko Frösén; Traianos Gagos; Jorma Kaimio; Maarit Kaimio; Ludwig Koenen; Marjo Lehtinen; Clement A Kuehn; Tiina Purola; Vesa Vahtikari is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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What is called the Petra archive or Petra papyri is a group of ca. 140 carbonized papyrus rolls found in 1993 in a room adjacent to the main Byzantine church of Petra. The documents date from the 6th century. They are private papers of a well-to-do local family, mainly financial documents concerning marriage, inheritance, sales, loans and disputes, but also documents connected with taxation. The documents are written in Greek. The Petra Papyri are one of the most important finds of ancient documentary texts ever made outside of Egypt. The Petra archive or Petra papyri is a group of ca. 140 carbonized papyrus rolls found in 1993 in a room adjacent to the main Byzantine church of Petra, written in Greek and dating from the 6th century. They are private papers of a well-to-do local family, mainly financial documents concerning marriage, inheritance, sales, loans and disputes, but also documents connected with taxation.

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Author

Antti Arjava; Matias Buchholz; Robert W Daniel; Zbigniew T Fiema; Jaakko Frösén; Traianos Gagos; Jorma Kaimio; Maarit Kaimio; Ludwig Koenen; Marjo Lehtinen; Clement A Kuehn; Tiina Purola; Vesa Vahtikari

Publisher

American Center of Oriental Research, [2002]-[2018]

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9789957854379

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities