Ostraka Varia: Tax Receipts and Legal Documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, Chiefly of the Early Ptolemaic Period, from Various Co (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava)

ostraka varia: tax receipts and legal documents on demotic, greek, and greek-demotic ostraka, chiefly of the early ptolemaic period, from various co (papyrologica lugduno-batava)

Ostraka Varia: Tax Receipts and Legal Documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, Chiefly of the Early Ptolemaic Period, from Various Co (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava)

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A large majority of the 65 ostraka published in this volume come from Egypt in the Third Century B.C. Some thirty are from Elephantine; these comprise a number of Greek and Greek-demotic receipts. Not unimportant new texts from Hermonthis and Thebes (among others, a fine example of a temple oath) add notably to the diversity of the volume. Although of course tax receipts predominate, these are present in a rich variety, and their commentaries add much to our knowledge of fiscal matters in this period. As a nouveaute the Greek and demotic texts are published on exactly the same footing, and a constant effort is made to merge the separate worlds of Greek and demotic papyrology. Hand-facsimiles facilitate the consultation of the individual texts; the whole is rounded off by photographic plates showing all texts in full.

Ostraka Varia: Tax Receipts and Legal Documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, Chiefly of the Early Ptolemaic Period, from Various Co (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava),S. P. Vleeming,Brill Academic Publishers,9004101322,Ancient - General,Ancient World History,Architecture,Egypt,History,History: World,Interior Design - General,Ostraka,Sources,Taxation,Taxation - General,African history: BCE to c 500 CE,Ancient World

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