State correspondence in the Ancient World : from New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire / edited by Karen Radner.
Contributor(s): Radner, Karen
Series: : Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2014.Description: xiv, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780199354771 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Government correspondence -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 | Government correspondence -- Rome | Colonies -- Administration -- History -- To 1500 | Imperialism -- History -- To 1500 | Middle East -- Colonies -- Administration | Rome -- Colonies -- AdministrationDDC classification: 939.4 | Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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British Museum | Egypt and Sudan | Shelves | RA.STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 54063000255458 |
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Includes bibliography (p. [257]-298) and index.
Introduction : long-distance communication and the cohesion of early empires / Karen Radner -- Egyptian state correspondence of the New Kingdom : the letters of the Levantine client kings in the Amarna correspondence and contemporary evidence / Jana Mynářová -- State correspondence in the Hittite world / Mark Weeden -- An imperial communication network : the state correspondence of the neo-Assyrian empire / Karen Radner -- The lost state correspondence of the Babylonian empire as reflected in contemporary administrative letters / Michael Jursa -- State communications in the Persian Empire / Amélie Kuhrt -- The king's words : Hellenistic royal letters in inscriptions / Alice Bencivenni -- State correspondence in the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian / Simon Corcoran.
AESMJ15, AES2015