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Land and Taxes Ptolemaic Egypt: An Edition, Translation Commentary for the Edfu Survey (P. Haun. IV 70)

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Land and Taxes Ptolemaic Egypt: An Edition, Translation Commentary for the Edfu Survey (P. Haun. IV 70)
Land and Taxes Ptolemaic Egypt: An Edition, Translation Commentary for the Edfu Survey (P. Haun. IV 70)

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Land and Taxes Ptolemaic Egypt: An Edition, Translation Commentary for the Edfu Survey (P. Haun. IV 70)

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This book provides the first edition with an extensive introduction and full commentary of a unique land survey written on papyrus in Greek which derives from that area of southern (Upper) Egypt known as the Apollonopolite (or Edfu) nome and is now preserved in Copenhagen. Dating from the late second century BC, this survey provides a new picture of both landholding and taxation in the area which differs significantly from that currently accepted. The introduction sets this new evidence in its contemporary context, drawing particular attention to what it reveals about the nature of the relations of the Ptolemaic royal administration with local grandees, Egyptian temples and the army. No student of Hellenistic Egypt can afford to ignore this text, which importantly extends our knowledge of Upper Egypt under the Ptolemaic kings and involves some modification to the prevailing picture of landholding in Hellenistic Egypt.

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