Everyday Writing in the Graeco-roman East

By: Roger S. Bagnall

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Hardcover | 5 January 2011 | Edition Number 1

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200 Pages

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2.32 x 1.61 x 0.19

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Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized. Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society. His book offers a new picture of literacy in the ancient world in which Aramaic rivals Greek and Latin as a great international language, and in which many other local languages develop means of written expression alongside these metropolitan tongues.

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"Illuminating... There is little to critique in this engaging contribution from a seasoned papyrologist and ancient historian." -- Brent Nongbri Prudential

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