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  title info:
    title: Dakhleh Oasis and the western desert of Egypt under the Ptolemies
  name:
    name part: Gill, James C. R.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 483 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
  table of contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2 Previous research -- 1.3 Methodological approach -- 1.4 Nile Valley evidence -- Chapter 2: Mut al-Kharab -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Ptolemaic pottery deposits -- 2.3 A transitional late period/ early Ptolemaic period deposit -- 2.4 Miscellaneous pottery from other trenches -- 2.5 Ptolemaic ostraka from Mut al-Kharab -- 2.6 Summary of Ptolemaic activity at Mut al-Kharab -- Chapter 3: Ptolemaic pottery from Dakhleh Oasis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Previous research -- 3.3 Presentation of the material -- 3.4 Fabrics and wares -- 3.5 Decoration -- 3.6 Manufacturing techniques -- 3.7 Forms -- 3.8 General discussion -- Chapter 4: Ptolemaic sites in Dakhleh Oasis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Structure of the catalogue -- 4.3 Site identification -- 4.4 Site types -- 4.5 Site distribution -- 4.6 General discussion -- Chapter 5: Ptolemaic activity in the western desert -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Kharga Oasis -- 5.3 Farafra Oasis -- 5.4 Bahariya Oasis -- 5.5 Siwa Oasis -- 5.6 Minor Oases -- 5.7 Discussion -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- 6.1 Results of the study -- 6.2 Beyond the Fayum: Ptolemaic settlement in the western oases -- 6.3 Directing divine offerings to the valley -- 6.4 Gateway communities, the "oasis by-path" and long-distance trade -- 6.5 A military "buffer zone" -- 6.6 The Persian legacy -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Mut al-Kharab: context descriptions -- Appendix 2: Pottery assemblages from Mut al-Kharab -- Appendix 3: Ptolemaic pottery forms: examples and parallels -- Appendix 4: Catalogue of Ptolemaic sites in Dakhleh Oasis -- Appendix 5: Pottery assemblages from Dakhleh Oasis sites -- Appendix 6: Catalogue of Ptolemaic sites in the western oases.
  note: James C. R. Gill.
  note: "This book is a modified version of a PhD thesis completed in 2014 in the Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History (now the Centre for Ancient Cultures) at Monash University."
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-446).
  subject:
    geographic code: f-ua---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Ptolemaic dynasty
      name part: 305 B.C.-30 B.C
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
    geographic: Egypt
    geographic: Dakhla Oasis
  subject:
    topic: Pottery, Egyptian
  subject:
    geographic: Dakhla Oasis (Egypt)
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: Dakhla Oasis (Egypt)
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    geographic: Egypt
    topic: Economic conditions
    temporal: 332 B.C.-640 A.D
  classification: DT73.D33 G55 2016
  classification: 932.2021
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Monograph (Dakhleh Oasis Project) ; no. 17
  identifier: 9781785701351 (hardback)
  identifier: 1785701355 (hardback)
  identifier: 2015030002
  record info:
    record content source: IEN/DLC
    record creation date: 150730
    record change date: 20170926143713.0
    record identifier: in00003736813