Frauen und Schriftlichkeit im römischen Ägypten
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Sabine R. Huebner
Abstract
This chapter shows that writing and the use of writing were ubiquitous, even for the majority Roman-Egyptian society who could neither read nor write. The percentage of women who could write was still far below that of men, even though we have evidence for highly-educated women from Roman Egypt who could not only read and write, but were also closely familiar with classical literature. It is also clear, however, that even in a society that was mostly illiterate, writing meant power and access to information, even in everyday family life
Abstract
This chapter shows that writing and the use of writing were ubiquitous, even for the majority Roman-Egyptian society who could neither read nor write. The percentage of women who could write was still far below that of men, even though we have evidence for highly-educated women from Roman Egypt who could not only read and write, but were also closely familiar with classical literature. It is also clear, however, that even in a society that was mostly illiterate, writing meant power and access to information, even in everyday family life
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface ix
- Literacy in Ancient Everyday Life – Problems and Results 1
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I A Global Perspective
- The Development of Literacy in Early China: With the Nature and Uses of Bronze Inscriptions in Context, and More 13
- The Creation and Spread of Scripts in Ancient India 43
- Literacy in Pharaonic Egypt: Orality and Literacy between Agency and Memory 67
- Anmerkungen zu Literalität und Oralität im teispidisch-achaimenidischen Iran 99
- Der Raum alltäglicher weiblicher Literalität im Achaimeniden-Reich 113
- Literacy in Everyday Ancient Life: From Gabii to Gloucestershire 143
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II Roman Empire
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Social Groups
- Frauen und Schriftlichkeit im römischen Ägypten 163
- Soldiers and Documents: Insights from Nubia. The Significance of Written Documents in Roman Soldiers’ Everyday Lives 179
- Literacy in Roman Britain 201
- Schriftlichkeit und Wirtschaft im Römischen Reich 221
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Religious Practice
- Als die Götter lesen lernten: Keltisch-germanische Götternamen und lateinische Schriftlichkeit in Gallien und Germanien 239
- Schriftlichkeit in der Schadenzauberpraxis am Beispiel der vulgärlateinischen defixionum tabellae 261
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Administration
- Monumenta fatiscunt. Meaning and Fate of Legal Inscriptions on Bronze: the Baetica 289
- The Municipalization of Writing in Roman Egypt 319
- Who Needed Writing in Graeco-Roman Egypt, and for What Purpose? Document Layout as a Tool of Literacy 335
- Schreiben im Dienste des Staates. Prolegomena zu einer Kulturgeschichte der römischen scribae 351
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Education
- Geschichte und Geschichten im Alltag 363
- Bedrohte Latinitas. Sprachliche Veränderungen auf spätantik-frühmittelalterlichen Grabinschriften aus dem Rhein-Mosel-Gebiet 387
- List of Authors 413
- Fotograph of the Participants during the Conference 415
- Index 417
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface ix
- Literacy in Ancient Everyday Life – Problems and Results 1
-
I A Global Perspective
- The Development of Literacy in Early China: With the Nature and Uses of Bronze Inscriptions in Context, and More 13
- The Creation and Spread of Scripts in Ancient India 43
- Literacy in Pharaonic Egypt: Orality and Literacy between Agency and Memory 67
- Anmerkungen zu Literalität und Oralität im teispidisch-achaimenidischen Iran 99
- Der Raum alltäglicher weiblicher Literalität im Achaimeniden-Reich 113
- Literacy in Everyday Ancient Life: From Gabii to Gloucestershire 143
-
II Roman Empire
-
Social Groups
- Frauen und Schriftlichkeit im römischen Ägypten 163
- Soldiers and Documents: Insights from Nubia. The Significance of Written Documents in Roman Soldiers’ Everyday Lives 179
- Literacy in Roman Britain 201
- Schriftlichkeit und Wirtschaft im Römischen Reich 221
-
Religious Practice
- Als die Götter lesen lernten: Keltisch-germanische Götternamen und lateinische Schriftlichkeit in Gallien und Germanien 239
- Schriftlichkeit in der Schadenzauberpraxis am Beispiel der vulgärlateinischen defixionum tabellae 261
-
Administration
- Monumenta fatiscunt. Meaning and Fate of Legal Inscriptions on Bronze: the Baetica 289
- The Municipalization of Writing in Roman Egypt 319
- Who Needed Writing in Graeco-Roman Egypt, and for What Purpose? Document Layout as a Tool of Literacy 335
- Schreiben im Dienste des Staates. Prolegomena zu einer Kulturgeschichte der römischen scribae 351
-
Education
- Geschichte und Geschichten im Alltag 363
- Bedrohte Latinitas. Sprachliche Veränderungen auf spätantik-frühmittelalterlichen Grabinschriften aus dem Rhein-Mosel-Gebiet 387
- List of Authors 413
- Fotograph of the Participants during the Conference 415
- Index 417
