Letter

Name: Letter
Author: Author: Arshama

İsim	Letter
Yazar	Author: Arshama
Basım Tarihi:	500-400 BCE
Basım Yeri	- Bodleian Libraries
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İmparatorluk Aramicesi
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 letter fragment
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	Bodleian Library Pell. Aram. XV
Kayıt Numarası	31a7a00a-494e-46e2-b140-6de2738361fe
Lokasyon	Bodleian Libraries
Tarih	500-400 BCE
Notlar	The letters of the Persian prince and satrap (governor) of Egypt Arshama to Nakhthor, the steward of his estates in Egypt, are rare survivors from the ancient Achaemenid empire. These fascinating documents offer a vivid snapshot of linguistic, social, economic, cultural, organizational and political aspects of the Achaemenid empire as lived by a member of the elite and his entourage. Arshama, prince of the royal house and satrap (governor) of Egypt in the fifth century BC, was also a great landowner, holding estates in Egypt as well as in Babylonia (modern Iraq) where he also spent time. In Egypt, Arshama’s “house” was administered by his steward (paqyd) Nakhthor. Arshama’s letters to Nakhthor, two leather bags and clay sealings, entered the Bodleian Library in 1944. They were written on leather, folded concertina-wise and closed with string and a lump of clay bearing Arshama’s seal. Once read, they were stored in a bag. The letters are written in Aramaic, a widely diffused Semitic language used for administrative purposes in the Persian empire. Arshama’s instructions would have been spoken in Persian, written down in Aramaic, read by an Egyptian and finally annotated in Egyptian, exemplifying a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual empire. \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	Persian Manuscripts
Malzeme	parchment

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Letter

Yazar Author: Arshama

Basım Tarihi 500-400 BCE

Basım Yeri - Bodleian Libraries

Tür Kitap

Dil İmparatorluk Aramicesi

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 letter fragment

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası Bodleian Library Pell. Aram. XV

Kayıt Numarası 31a7a00a-494e-46e2-b140-6de2738361fe

Lokasyon Bodleian Libraries

Tarih 500-400 BCE

Notlar The letters of the Persian prince and satrap (governor) of Egypt Arshama to Nakhthor, the steward of his estates in Egypt, are rare survivors from the ancient Achaemenid empire. These fascinating documents offer a vivid snapshot of linguistic, social, economic, cultural, organizational and political aspects of the Achaemenid empire as lived by a member of the elite and his entourage. Arshama, prince of the royal house and satrap (governor) of Egypt in the fifth century BC, was also a great landowner, holding estates in Egypt as well as in Babylonia (modern Iraq) where he also spent time. In Egypt, Arshama’s “house” was administered by his steward (paqyd) Nakhthor. Arshama’s letters to Nakhthor, two leather bags and clay sealings, entered the Bodleian Library in 1944. They were written on leather, folded concertina-wise and closed with string and a lump of clay bearing Arshama’s seal. Once read, they were stored in a bag. The letters are written in Aramaic, a widely diffused Semitic language used for administrative purposes in the Persian empire. Arshama’s instructions would have been spoken in Persian, written down in Aramaic, read by an Egyptian and finally annotated in Egyptian, exemplifying a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual empire. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Persian Manuscripts

Malzeme parchment