ELLER Audrey.
Nomes and Toparchies in Greco-Roman Egypt. Administrative Realities and Geography from Elephantine to Memphis. BiEtud 179.
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| N° d'inventaire | 25991 |
| Format | 20.5 x 28 |
| Détails | 544 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724708455 |
Nomes and toparchies, regional and administrative units, divided Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt into a multitude of regions and districts, allowing for its total control by the state. This system, in use as early as the Old Kingdom, underwent significant modifications throughout the country's history. However, the changes seem to have intensified even more during the Greco-Roman period.
This work proposes to analyze the territorial division of Egypt, between Elephantine and Memphis, and its fluctuations from the beginning of the 3rd century BC until the end of the 3rd century AD, at the time when Diocletian's reforms further modified the system. In parallel with this study of the administrative division, the religious geography presented in the lists and processions of nomes of this late period is examined in detail in order to highlight the reciprocal influences between these two modes of perception of the Egyptian landscape. The interactions noted in this study, even minimal, allow us to nuance the fossilization of priestly geography and thus return to a commonplace in Egyptology which maintains that the distinction is made between these two geographies, in particular during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
This work proposes to analyze the territorial division of Egypt, between Elephantine and Memphis, and its fluctuations from the beginning of the 3rd century BC until the end of the 3rd century AD, at the time when Diocletian's reforms further modified the system. In parallel with this study of the administrative division, the religious geography presented in the lists and processions of nomes of this late period is examined in detail in order to highlight the reciprocal influences between these two modes of perception of the Egyptian landscape. The interactions noted in this study, even minimal, allow us to nuance the fossilization of priestly geography and thus return to a commonplace in Egyptology which maintains that the distinction is made between these two geographies, in particular during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
This work proposes to analyze the territorial division of Egypt, between Elephantine and Memphis, and its fluctuations from the beginning of the 3rd century BC until the end of the 3rd century AD, at the time when Diocletian's reforms further modified the system. In parallel with this study of the administrative division, the religious geography presented in the lists and processions of nomes of this late period is examined in detail in order to highlight the reciprocal influences between these two modes of perception of the Egyptian landscape. The interactions noted in this study, even minimal, allow us to nuance the fossilization of priestly geography and thus return to a commonplace in Egyptology which maintains that the distinction is made between these two geographies, in particular during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.