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Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt

Volume 1. Population Registers (P. Count)

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Authors:
Willy Clarysse, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Dorothy J. Thompson, Girton College, Cambridge

Date Published: December 2009
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521124874

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How did a new Egyptian dynasty cope with the problems of establishing rule in a country with a long history of developed administration? This volume publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive commentaries. Dating from c. 250-150 BC and written in either Greek or Egyptian demotic, the texts record lists of adults, arranged by village, occupation and social group, and by household, together with the taxes paid on their persons, their livestock and trades. Volume I provides the documentary basis for the historical studies of Volume II, enabling it to reveal much about Hellenistic Egypt's taxation system, the occupational and demographic breakdown of the population, and relations between Greeks and Egyptians.
- The texts (in both Greek and Egyptian demotic), together with the historical studies, provide a broad picture of Hellenistic society
- These volumes illuminate many aspects of the relations (and differences) between immigrant Greeks and the existing majority Egyptian population
- The rich demographic material from third-century BC Egypt allows family reconstruction and the analysis of ethnic differences
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"These Volumes are a must-read for anybody interested in Ptolemaic Egypt, or the Hellenistic world at large."
Arthur Verhoogt, Sehepunkte

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Product details
- Date Published: December 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521124874
- length: 724 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 37 mm
- weight: 1.13kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of plates
List of figures
Preface
List of abbreviations
List of conventions
Greek records including: salt-tax records, household records, tax-district records, tax-collectors records, list of occupations, list of ethnics and occupations, tax-exemptions records, taxpayers records, tax-registers
Bibliography
Indices.
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Authors
Willy Clarysse, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Dorothy J. Thompson, Girton College, Cambridge