Important new study of the economic and social history of Ptolemaic Egypt, based on the salt-tax registers of P.Count.
This book consists of two closely related parts. Volume I publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive commentaries. Volume II uses these texts, created for the census and for purposes of taxation, to provide historical studies analysing fundamental aspects of Ptolemaic Egypt.
This book consists of two closely related parts. Volume I publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive commentaries. Volume II uses these texts, created for the census and for purposes of taxation, to provide historical studies analysing fundamental aspects of Ptolemaic Egypt.