著者

周藤 芳幸 SUTO Yoshiyuki

出版者

名古屋大学文学部

雑誌

名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 史学 (ISSN:04694716)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, pp.49-65, 2012-03-31

著者

周藤 芳幸 SUTO Yoshiyuki

出版者

名古屋大学文学部

雑誌

名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 史学 (ISSN:04694716)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, pp.1-17, 2011-03-31

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Since 2005 the author has been conducting archaeological investigations at the open-air limestone quarry at Zawiat al-Sultan in Middle Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, where an impressive Ptolemaic quarry is located. These surveys led to the discovery of vast number of Greek and Egyptian demotic, often bilingual, graffiti left on the walls and ceilings of the quarry. The chronological sequence of graffiti on the upper part of the valley indicates that these sections were quarried under the last years of Ptolemy II and the beginnings of the reign of his successor Ptolemy III. As for the lowest level of the quarry, the sequence of graffiti strongly suggests that the activities here should be dated to the last years of Ptolemy III and the early years of Ptolemy IV. This chronological observation of the graffiti reveals that the phenomenon of linguistic Hellenization seems to have advanced in relatively short time in third-century BCE Middle Egypt. Although we must appreciate the long process of cultural contact between Greeks and Egyptians beginning with the Saite restoration, the pace of cultural change in the local society seems to have been not so much constant as highly variable, and there must have been several cataract where Hellenization progressed rather drastically.

著者

周藤 芳幸 SUTO Yoshiyuki

出版者

名古屋大学文学部

雑誌

名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 史学 (ISSN:04694716)

巻号頁・発行日

no.57, pp.1-17, 2011-03-31

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Since 2005 the author has been conducting archaeological investigations at the open-air limestone quarry at Zawiat al-Sultan in Middle Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, where an impressive Ptolemaic quarry is located. These surveys led to the discovery of vast number of Greek and Egyptian demotic, often bilingual, graffiti left on the walls and ceilings of the quarry. The chronological sequence of graffiti on the upper part of the valley indicates that these sections were quarried under the last years of Ptolemy II and the beginnings of the reign of his successor Ptolemy III. As for the lowest level of the quarry, the sequence of graffiti strongly suggests that the activities here should be dated to the last years of Ptolemy III and the early years of Ptolemy IV. This chronological observation of the graffiti reveals that the phenomenon of linguistic Hellenization seems to have advanced in relatively short time in third-century BCE Middle Egypt. Although we must appreciate the long process of cultural contact between Greeks and Egyptians beginning with the Saite restoration, the pace of cultural change in the local society seems to have been not so much constant as highly variable, and there must have been several cataract where Hellenization progressed rather drastically.

著者

周藤 芳幸 Suto Yoshiyuki

出版者

名古屋大学文学部

雑誌

名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 史学 (ISSN:04694716)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, pp.1-16, 2014-03-31

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This paper aims at elucidating the historical settings of the great uprising of the native Egyptians against the Ptolemies, lasting from 206 BC to 186 BC, in the wider Mediterranean context. This internal affair has traditionally been interpreted as a symptom of general decline of the Ptolemaic rule, though close observations of the course of the revolts strongly suggest that both foreign and domestic policies of the Ptolemaic court as well as that of the influential political body of Egyptian priests toward the rebels had recognizable relations to the political situations outside Egypt, the advance of the Romans into the East Mediterranean in particular. The mutual agreement between Ptolemy V and the Egyptian priests (Memphis decree) was announced just after the battle of Cynoscephalae and the Ptolemies mounted s senous counteroffensive against the rebels only after the treaty of Apamea, which removed the direct threat from the Seleucids. The fact that diplomatic activities of Komanos preceded his final suppression of the rebellion in 186 also corroborates the view that the foreign and domestic affairs of this period were closely interrelated under the Ptolemaic rule.

著者

周藤 芳幸 Suto Yoshiyuki

出版者

名古屋大学文学部

雑誌

名古屋大学文学部研究論集 (ISSN:04694716)

巻号頁・発行日

no.60, pp.1-16, 2014

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This paper aims at elucidating the historical settings of the great uprising of the native Egyptians against the Ptolemies, lasting from 206 BC to 186 BC, in the wider Mediterranean context. This internal affair has traditionally been interpreted as a symptom of general decline of the Ptolemaic rule, though close observations of the course of the revolts strongly suggest that both foreign and domestic policies of the Ptolemaic court as well as that of the influential political body of Egyptian priests toward the rebels had recognizable relations to the political situations outside Egypt, the advance of the Romans into the East Mediterranean in particular. The mutual agreement between Ptolemy V and the Egyptian priests (Memphis decree) was announced just after the battle of Cynoscephalae and the Ptolemies mounted s senous counteroffensive against the rebels only after the treaty of Apamea, which removed the direct threat from the Seleucids. The fact that diplomatic activities of Komanos preceded his final suppression of the rebellion in 186 also corroborates the view that the foreign and domestic affairs of this period were closely interrelated under the Ptolemaic rule.

著者

周藤 芳幸 SUTO Yoshiyuki

出版者

名古屋大学文学部

雑誌

名古屋大学文学部研究論集 (ISSN:04694716)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, pp.49-65, 2012-03-31 (Released:2012-09-10)

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The newly-founded capital of Alexandria was a vital medium for the Ptolemies to project their power and prestige toward the rival Hellenistic monarchies, though the process of its formation and the nature of the monument errected in the city are still to be ellucidated. In this paper the author reexmines the evidence concerning the three prominent monuments of Alexandira, sema, lighthouse, and library, in order to put them in their proper historical context. These monuments testify the pivotal role of the city in the advent of the new social order of the Hellenistic period.