Download or read book Regaling Officials in Ptolemaic Egypt written by Arthur Verhoogt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book (re)publishes and newly interprets five accounts from the second century BCE Menches Papers. The book offers an imaginative historical reading of the accounts, detailing how in Ptolemaic Egypt various government officials on tour through the country side were received in one specific village (Kerkeosiris) by the local official (village scribe). The accounts also give insight into part of the financial management of the office of village scribe.