I am absolutely obsessed with a free-to-use database of Egyptian papyri: www.papyri.info. The search engine is quite clunky (think about what websites looked like 20 years ago!) but the treasures it contains are just amazing. It is filled with everything from personal letters to tax returns, from receipts to complaints aimed at local officials.
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Divorce in 6th Century Egypt
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I am absolutely obsessed with a free-to-use database of Egyptian papyri: www.papyri.info. The search engine is quite clunky (think about what websites looked like 20 years ago!) but the treasures it contains are just amazing. It is filled with everything from personal letters to tax returns, from receipts to complaints aimed at local officials.