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Medicinal Vessels from Tell Atrib (Egypt)

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Łajtar A., Południkiewicz A.

Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)

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2017

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vol. XXX

315–337

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This article offers publication of seventeen miniature vessels discovered in Hellenistic strata of Athribis (modern Tell Atrib) during excavations carried out by Polish-Egyptian Mission in the 1980s/1990s. The vessels, made of clay, faience and bronze, are mostly imports from various areas within the Mediterranean, including Sicily and Lycia, and more rarely – local imitations of imported forms. Two vessels carry stamps with Greek inscriptions, indicating that they were containers for lykion, a medicine extracted from the plant of the same name, highly esteemed in antiquity. The vessels may be connected with a healing activity practised within the Hellenistic bath complex.

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Water and Fire – The History of a Mound of Ash: Water Management in Hellenistic Berenike, Its Environmental and Logistical Setting

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Woźniak M. A., Popławski S.

Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)

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2022

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issue 35

163-187

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Archaeological work since 2014 in the Hellenistic areas of Berenike, a key port on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, founded by Ptolemy II Philadelphus in c. 275 BC, has brought extensive evidence of water-related structures: a rock-cut well located inside a rebuilt early-Hellenistic gate and a nearby cistern with an associated rainwater-collection system, that has changed the way in which the sources and uses of water in Hellenistic Berenike is understood today. The research started with the excavation of an ash mound, a characteristic landmark in the western part of the site, which is now believed to be the rubbish dump from the furnace that heated a Hellenistic bathhouse. At this stage in the research, it can be argued that Hellenistic Berenike had sufficient water available on site not only for drinking (hence potable), and agricultural and industrial uses, but also for public bathing. This article summarises the current state of research, presenting recent discoveries of a Hellenistic date at the site within their archaeological, architectural and environmental contexts.

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Military immigration and the emergence of cultural or ethnic identities: The case of Ptolemaic Egypt

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Sänger P.

The Journal of Juristic Papyrology

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2015

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issue 45

229-253

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Due to the recruitment policy of the Ptolemaic army, soldiers formed the largest migrant group into Egypt. Against this background it is natural to wonder whether papyri from Egypt allow us to trace the formation of a ‘military diaspora.’ Kostas Buraselis first applied this term to Ptolemaic Egypt to describe the whole body of soldiers from Greece and other regions who settled there. The present article seeks to investigate whether this is a useful concept by having a closer look at the practical expressions and facets of military immigration. This requires us to differentiate between two different kinds of Ptolemaic soldiers: the military settlers or cleruchs representing the regular army and the mercenaries or professional soldiers. The study will show that both population groups not only illuminate different military immigration and employment patterns but also different aspects of the military diaspora in Hellenistic Egypt.

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Medicinal Vessels from Tell Atrib (Egypt)

Water and Fire – The History of a Mound of Ash: Water Management in Hellenistic Berenike, Its Environmental and Logistical Setting

Military immigration and the emergence of cultural or ethnic identities: The case of Ptolemaic Egypt