2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cultural Contacts and Bilingualism in Hellenistic Egypt
Project/Area Number |
19320096
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Historical studies in general
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Research Institution | Nagoya University |
Principal Investigator |
SUTO Yoshiyuki Nagoya University, 文学研究科, 教授 (70252202)
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Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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Keywords | 文化交流史 / ヘレニズム / プトレマイオス朝 / 採石場 / グラフィティ |
Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research is to elucidate the process of acculturation in Hellenistic Egypt through the archaeological and epigraphic investigations at the open-air limestone quarry at Zawiet Sultan in Middle Egypt. The results of the research on the Greek and demotic graffiti discovered at the quarry clearly show that the linguistic hellenization made rapid progress in mid-third century BC.
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