doing business in Ancient Egypt Donker van Heel, K. (Koenraad) creator text bibliography ua Cairo, Egypt American University in Cairo Press 2012 monographic eng

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xvii, 193 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm. "Djekhy & Son, two businessmen living 2500 years ago in the densely populated neighborhoods built around the great temple of Amun at Karnak, worked as funerary service providers in the necropolis on the western bank of the Nile. They were also successful agricultural entrepreneurs, cultivating flax and grain. In 1885, the German Egyptologist August Eisenlohr acquired a unique collection of papyri that turned out to be Djekhy's archive of mainly legal documents. Using this rich trove of evidence, augmented by many other sources, the author has painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Egypt between 570 and 534 BCE, during the little-known Saite period. Approaching the subject from both business and personal aspects, he gives us a fresh look at some facets of ancient Egypt that have mostly been hidden from view-such as putting up one's children as security for a loan."--Publisher description. Koenraad Donker van Heel. "Dar el Kutub No. 24398/11."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index. f-ua--- Business enterprises Egypt History Sources Businessmen Egypt History Sources Egyptian language Papyri Markt. (DE-588)4037621-7 Vertrag. (DE-588)4063270-2 Wirtschaft. (DE-588)4066399-1 Egypt Civilization Sources Egypt Antiquities Ägypten (Altertum) 650.0932 CC/H D 9789774164774 9774164776 9789774165696 (pbk.) 2012537016 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2012537016-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2012537016-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012537016-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2012537016-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2012537016-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012537016-t.html EG-CaGPL 130108 20240530110424.0 17583129