Research Catalog

Title

Land and taxes in Ptolemaic Egypt : an edition, translation and commentary for the Edfu land survey (P. Haun. IV 70) / [edited with translation, introduction and commentary by] Thorolf Christensen, Dorothy J. Thompson and Katelijn Vandorpe.

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Additional Authors

• Christensen, Thorolf
• Thompson, Dorothy J., 1939-
• Vandorpe, Katelijn

Description

xviii, 158 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 26 cm

Summary

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.00Provides the first edition of the first Hellenistic land survey to survive on papyrus from southern Egypt . Includes an introduction to the importance of the text within the context of land and taxation in Upper, or southern, Egypt. Offers new evidence for the widespread existence of private land in the south and involves some substantial modification of the prevailing picture of landholding in Hellenistic Egypt.

Series Statement

Cambridge classical studies

Uniform Title

• Papyrus Haun. IV 70. Greek (Christensen, Thompson, and Vandorpe)
• Papyrus Haun. IV 70. English (Christensen, Thompson, and Vandorpe)
• Cambridge classical studies.

Subjects

• Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) > Egypt
• Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C
• Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C
• Taxation > Egypt > History
• Land value taxation > Egypt > Idfū > History > To 1500
• Idfū (Egypt) > History > To 1500
• Land use surveys > Egypt > Idfū > History > To 1500
• Papyrus Haun. IV 70

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and indexes.

Language (note)

• In English ; Papyrus Haun text in Ancient Greek with English translation.

Contents

Introduction to the Edfu land survey; The Edfu land survey in context; Acquisition and physical description; Date and nature of the survey; Survey operations and the officials involved; Fiscal land categories; Taxes; Condition and use of the land; Historical discussion -- Overview of the Edfu land survey -- Text and translation -- Commentary.

Call Number

JFF 18-538

ISBN

• 9781107159105
• 1107159105

LCCN

2017048718

OCLC

1008771704

Title

Land and taxes in Ptolemaic Egypt : an edition, translation and commentary for the Edfu land survey (P. Haun. IV 70) / [edited with translation, introduction and commentary by] Thorolf Christensen, Dorothy J. Thompson and Katelijn Vandorpe.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge classical studies

Cambridge classical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and indexes.

Language

In English ; Papyrus Haun text in Ancient Greek with English translation.

Added Author

Christensen, Thorolf, editor, translator, writer of added commentary.

Thompson, Dorothy J., 1939- editor, translator, writer of added commentary.

Vandorpe, Katelijn, editor, translator, writer of added commentary.

Added Title

Container of (expression): Papyrus Haun. IV 70. Greek (Christensen, Thompson, and Vandorpe)

Container of (expression): Papyrus Haun. IV 70. English (Christensen, Thompson, and Vandorpe)

Research Call Number

JFF 18-538