The City of the sharp-nosed fish : Greek lives in Roman Egypt
Parsons, P. J.2007
Book
In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging in a sand-covered mound 100 miles south of Cairo. When they finished ten years later, they had uncovered 500,000 fragments of papyri from the ruins of the city of Oxyrhynchos. The work of deciphering these fragments is still ongoing.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadishead Library | Adult Non Fiction | 932.022 PARHardback | Available |
Main title:
The City of the sharp-nosed fish : Greek lives in Roman Egypt / Peter Parsons.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2007.
Collation:
xxviii, 258 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
ISBN:
9780297645887 (hbk)
Dewey class:
932.022
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
979860