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A Counter-Plea From Oxyrhynchite Nome, Mohamed Abdou Elsaid

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

معارضة حكم قضائى من إقليم أوكسيرينخوس [AR]

الورقة البحثية الحالية هى عبارة عن نشر بردية وثائقية يونانية غير منشورة من متحف المصرى بالقاهرة، رقم الزجاجة 102 للسجل الخاص 3049 تحت رقم الجرد 238. هذه البردية تأتى من سينيبطا (إقليم أوكسيرينخوس) وتعود إلى النصف الأول من القرن الثالث الميلادي. نص هذه البردية هو معارضة حكم قضائى. كانت معارضة حكم قضائى عبارة عن رداً على التماس، أو على الإجراءات القانونية التى أعقبت الالتماس، وفي العصر الرومانى عادة ما يتخذ شكل بيان مضاد، والذي كان مطلوبًا قانونيًا من المدعى عليه أنه ينوى الطعن فى القضية. كان نظام الميراث المطبق فى مصر الرومانية معقداً، …

Historical And Religious Effects In Coptic Art, Ezzat Kadous

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

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Before Christianity appeared the religious state in Egypt and the Roman world included many religions, such asEgyptian, Greek, and Roman, as well as Judaism, which moved to Egypt at the beginning of the Ptolemaic period, and the the Ruler cults, which went on through the Roman period. This mixture of religious and political concepts had its effect on the Egyptian people, as they lost their sense of spiritual faith, justice and morality, which they inherited from their ancestors of the pharaohs. Religion had become a commodity or weapon in the hands of the colonizers. Colonizing rulers sometimes utilized religion …

A Business Letter From The Egyptian Museum, Mohamed Abdou Elsaid

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En) The current paper is an edition of unpublished Greek documentary papyrus from Cairo Museum under glass 86 of the S(pecial) R(egister) Nr. 3049 with inv. 161. This papyrus is from Tampemou (Oxyrhynchite nome) and dates back to third Century A.D. This papyrus text is a business letter. The letter preserved some details about transport of sheep made by the official who travelled south to Tampemou in the eastern toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite Nome. The verso contains two lists of the landowners, and the amounts of wheat recorded after their names. The purpose of amounts of wheat on the verso …