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Cover 1 Half-Title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 List of maps, figures and tables 10 MAPS 10 FIGURES 10 TABLES 11 Preface 12 Abbreviations and papyrus editions 17 Units of measure 20 Maps 21 PART I Issues and historical background 25 CHAPTER 1 Issues and methodologies 27 PTOLEMAIC EGYPT 27 ISSUES AND METHODOLOGIES 33 SOURCES FOR PTOLEMAIC AGRARIAN HISTORY AND THE LIMITS OF INTERPRETATION 37 PREVIOUS VIEWS OF PTOLEMAIC EGYPT 45 THE STRUCTURE OF THIS STUDY 48 CHAPTER 2 The Ptolemaic state and its antecedents 51 THE FIXITY OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING 51 REGIONS 55 THE THEBAID 57 THE FAYYUM 62 THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO PTOLEMAIC RULE 63 PTOLEMAIC POLITICAL HISTORY 67 INSTITUTIONS 71 TYPES OF LAND 78 LAND RENT AND TAXES 80 PART II Regional case studies of land tenure 87 CHAPTER 3 The land tenure regime in Upper Egypt* 89 THE NILE VALLEY UNDER THE PTOLEMIES 90 SOURCES AND INSTITUTIONS 94 THE USE OF LAND IN THE VALLEY 96 EDFU AND THE EDFU NOME 97 THE EDFU DONATION TEXT 98 THE THIRD CENTURY BCE AT EDFU: THE HAUSWALDT PAPYRI AND THE “HERDSMAN OF HORUS” 103 PRIESTS AND LAND AT EDFU: THE MILON ARCHIVE 107 A ROYAL PETITION 109 THE SECOND/FIRST CENTURIES BCE IN PATHYRIS/GEBEL

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Author

Manning, J. G.;

Language

EN

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nonfiction

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Anthropology, Social_sciences