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For the first time, this book presents the complete collection of Greek inscriptions of Gebel el-Silsila East – Ancient Egypt’s largest and most important sandstone quarry, including lists of names and professions of individuals involved in the quarry expeditions. The inscriptions are described, illustrated and analysed and placed within their archaeological context based on careful documentation in situ with up-to-date methodology. The work makes substantial contributions in the form of novel and improved readings and interpretations of known texts and of the new publication of texts discovered through the fieldwork. It is the first volume of three dealing with Graeco-Roman inscriptions on the east bank, with the following two volumes to cover the demotic texts and quarry marks respectively.

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Maria Nilsson, Ph.D. (2011), is associate professor in Ancient History at Lund University, Director of the Gebel el-Silsila Project. She has published numerous unique studies on ancient graffiti, rock art and iconography, including The crown of Arsinoë II (Oxbow 2012). Adrienn Almásy-Martin, Ph.D. (2012), ELTE Budapest and EPHE Paris, is a researcher at the project of Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, University of Oxford. She has published Demotic, Greek and Coptic texts, including articles in the series Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava. John Ward is research assistant at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, co-Director of the Gebel el-Silsila Project. He specialises in Ancient Quarrying, including ‘Mallets, Chisels, Sledges and Boats: the Art of Quarrying at Gebel el-Silsila’ (2015)

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