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List of maps | |
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List of figures | |
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List of plates | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Notes for the reader | |
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Glossary | |
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Introduction | |
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The purpose of this book | |
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Greek and Roman Egypt: historical background | |
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The nature of the source material | |
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Royalty and religion | |
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Introduction | |
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Ptolemaic Queens (1-15) | |
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Roman Imperial women (16-20) | |
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Goddesses (21-26) | |
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Priestesses (27-36) | |
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Religion and the Individual (37-48) | |
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Christianity (49-68) | |
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Family matters | |
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Introduction | |
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Perspectives on the family (69-75) | |
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Archives | |
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The archive of Zenon, Philadelphia (76-77) | |
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The Serapeum archive, Memphis (78-83) | |
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The archive of Dryton and Apollonia alias Senmonthis, Pathyris (84-87) | |
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The archive of Tryphon, Oxyrhynchos (88-91) | |
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The archive of Apollonios the strategos and Aline (92-99) | |
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The archive of Kronion, farmer of Tebtynis, and his family (100-103) | |
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The archive of Taesion/Taesis (104-105) | |
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The archive of Gaius Julius Niger (106-107) | |
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The archive of Satornila and her sons (108-110) | |
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The archive of Paniskos and Ploutogenia, Philadelphia (111-115) | |
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The archive of Flavius Dioskoros, Aphrodite (116-117) | |
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Status and law | |
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Introduction | |
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The Egyptian background (118-121) | |
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Greek and Egyptian in a colonial society (122-130) | |
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Roman transformations (131-144) | |
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Freedom and responsibility in developed Roman society (145-156) | |
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Continuity and change in the Coptic texts (157-161) | |
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Economic activities | |
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Introduction | |
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Women and agricultural land (162-181) | |
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Women in the non-agricultural economy (182-217) | |
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Being female | |
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Introduction | |
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Birth, infancy and childhood (218-235) | |
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Education (236-246) | |
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Marriage and married life (247-263) | |
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Sickness, death and burial (264-279) | |
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Weaklings or viragos? The ambiguities of womanhood (280-289) | |
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List and concordance of texts | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |