{"product_id":"everyday-writing-in-the-graeco-roman-roger-s-bagnall-9780520267022","title":"Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East: Volume 69","description":"Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized. Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society. His book offers a new picture of literacy in the ancient world in which Aramaic rivals Greek and Latin as a great international language, and in which many other local languages develop means of written expression alongside these metropolitan tongues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger S. Bagnall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520267028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520267022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Roger S. Bagnall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064999194879,"sku":"9780520267022","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8433a52-bde7-4268-b614-eccabecbd47d.jpg?v=1768672465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everyday-writing-in-the-graeco-roman-roger-s-bagnall-9780520267022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}