Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt
Roger S. Bagnall, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York
Dorothy J. Thompson, Girton College, Cambridge
Jelle Bruning, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
W. Graham Claytor, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland
Jennifer Cromwell, Manchester Metropolitan University
Christopher J. Eyre, University of Liverpool
Brian P. Muhs, University of Chicago
Sarah J. Pearce, University of Southampton
Christopher J. Tuplin, University of Liverpool
Ancient Egypt offers rich sources of documentary evidence for the study of the experiences of dependent people, particularly enslaved persons, and how they changed over almost four millennia from the Old Kingdom to the early Islamic period. This volume, the work of a team of scholars spanning the full range of disciplines and languages involved, provides nearly three hundred primary sources in translation, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and is aimed principally at students, instructors and general readers. The documents reveal how people became slaves and ceased to be slaves and how they were traded and exchanged in different periods. They also detail the various kinds of work slaves undertook, whether in the household, in agriculture or in mines and quarries. Introductions explain and contextualise the sources, and particularly address the problems of varying terminology in several different languages. The book shows Egypt's place in the world history of slavery.
- Enables readers to appreciate the place of ancient Egypt in the world history of slavery
- Makes a generous selection of the rich primary sources from almost four millennia accessible to readers at all levels through mostly new translations
- The expert contributors provide contextualising introductions which pay particular attention to the manifold problems of terminology
Reviews & endorsements
'An impressive achievement that will undoubtedly pave the way for future studies of Egyptian enslavement as well as comparative studies of ancient slavery more broadly.' Ella Karev, Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Product details
March 2024Adobe eBook Reader
9781009488280
0 pages
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Jane Rowlandson and Roger S. Bagnall
- 2. Pharaonic Egypt Christopher J. Eyre
- 3. The late period Brian P. Muhs and Christopher J. Tuplin
- 4. Jewish perspectives on slavery in Egypt Sarah J. Pearce
- 5. Ptolemaic Egypt Dorothy J. Thompson and Brian P. Muhs
- 6. Roman Egypt W. Graham Claytor
- 7. Byzantine and Umayyad Egypt Jane Rowlandson, Roger S. Bagnall, Jennifer Cromwell and Jelle Bruning.
