The author lays out the early Ptolemaic tax system, describes the changes in the capitation taxes during the reign of Ptolemy II, discusses the other state and temple revenues, and then reconstructs the prosopography and provenance of thirty-nine tax payers whose names occur frequently in these initial studies. Having set the stage, the author then provides editions of sixty-one ostraca from Harold Nelson's collection that include an important group of early Ptolemaic Demotic, Greek, and bilingual ostraca, mostly tax receipts. One late Ptolemaic account ostracon (Cat. no. 3) is also published here since it concerns the business of choachytes, who figure prominently in the group of early Ptolemaic ostraca. The book concludes with full indices, and each of the ostraca is illustrated in drawing and photograph.

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by Brian Muhs

Reviews
A most welcome, solid and excellent introduction to the sometimes obscure early Ptolemaic tax system.' -- Katelijn Vandorpe Chronique d'Egypte 165-66, 2008



Book Information
ISBN 9781885923301
Author B. P. Muhs
Format Hardback
Page Count 262
Imprint Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Publisher Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Weight(grams) 1365g