Prosopography of Byzantine Aphrodito
Series: American Studies in Papyrology
Prosopography of Byzantine Aphrodito Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 624
ISBN: 9780979975820
Pub Date: October 2011
Imprint: American Society of Papyrologists
Price: £20.00   RRP: £59.00
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Description:
This volume, which replaces Girgis's outdated prosopography from 1938, is an annotated record of every person attested in the Byzantine-era papyri from the middle Egyptian village of Aphrodito. Its papyri make Aphrodito the best attested village for this time period with implications for the study of rural life throughout Late Antiquity. For each entry, the author lists all the relevant texts and all known information about that person's social status, political position and family relations with a summary of activities for each attestation. The volume is indispensable for any scholar working with texts from Aphrodito and valuable for all concerned specifically with Egypt and more generally with rural life in Late Antiquity.