TY - BOOK ID - 15400232 TI - Land and Taxes in Ptolemaic Egypt : An Edition, Translation and Commentary for the Edfu Land Survey (P. Haun. IV 70) AU - Christensen, Thorolf AU - Thompson, Dorothy J. AU - Vandorpe, Katelijn PY - 2017 VL - *134 SN - 9781107159105 1107159105 9781316671245 9781316612057 1316612058 1108239552 1316671240 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) KW - Land value taxation KW - Land use surveys KW - History KW - Papyrus Haun. IV 70. KW - Idfū (Egypt) KW - Egypt KW - Taxation KW - Impôt KW - Papyrus grecs KW - Histoire KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, KW - Idfu (Egypt) KW - Edfou (Egypte) KW - Antiquities KW - Antiquités KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. KW - Duties KW - Fee system (Taxation) KW - Tax policy KW - Tax reform KW - Taxation, Incidence of KW - Taxes KW - Impôt KW - Antiquités KW - Finance, Public KW - Revenue KW - History. KW - Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C KW - Surveys KW - Land tax KW - Land use KW - Taxation of land values KW - Real property tax KW - Single tax KW - P. Haun. IV 70 KW - P. Haun. inv. 407 KW - Edfu land survey KW - Idfu, Egypt KW - Edfu (Egypt) KW - Edfou (Egypt) KW - Land value taxation |z Egypt UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15400232 AB - 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. ER -