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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
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book 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