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The historical studies of this second volume provide an examination
of the economic and social history of Ptolemaic Egypt. The salt-tax
registers of P. Count not only throw light on key aspects of the
fiscal policy of the Greek pharaohs but also provide the best
information for family and household structure for the Western
world before the fifteenth century AD. The makeup of the population
is thoroughly analysed here in both demographic and occupational
terms. A constant theme running throughout is the impact of the
Greeks on the indigenous population of Egypt. This is traced in
cultural policies, in administrative geography, in the realm of
stock-rearing and in the changing religious affiliations traceable
through the names that parents gave their children. The extent to
which Egypt is typical of the Hellenistic world more widely is the
final topic addressed.
This volume publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum
and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive
commentaries. The texts, dating from c. 250-150 BC and written in
either Greek or Egyptian demotic, record lists of adults, ordered
by village, occupation and social group, and by household, together
with the taxes paid on their persons, their livestock and trades.
Some are more than twenty columns long. All texts have been studied
on the originals by an international team of scholars. Many are
published here for the first time; the others have been extensively
revised with numerous new joins between fragments. Lists of
tax-payers and their payments provide a wealth of information on
population and family structure, administrative practice, social
and professional groups and naming practices. Providing the
documentary basis for the historical studies of Volume II, P. Count
is essential for any serious evaluation of that account.
This volume publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum
and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive
commentaries. The texts, dating from c. 250-150 BC and written in
either Greek or Egyptian demotic, record lists of adults, ordered
by village, occupation and social group, and by household, together
with the taxes paid on their persons, their livestock and trades.
Some are more than twenty columns long. All texts have been studied
on the originals by an international team of scholars. Many are
published here for the first time; the others have been extensively
revised with numerous new joins between fragments. Lists of
tax-payers and their payments provide a wealth of information on
population and family structure, administrative practice, social
and professional groups and naming practices. Providing the
documentary basis for the historical studies of Volume II, P. Count
is essential for any serious evaluation of that account.
The historical studies of this second volume provide an examination
of the economic and social history of Ptolemaic Egypt. The salt-tax
registers of P. Count not only throw light on key aspects of the
fiscal policy of the Greek pharaohs but also provide the best
information for family and household structure for the Western
world before the fifteenth century AD. The makeup of the population
is thoroughly analysed here in both demographic and occupational
terms. A constant theme running throughout is the impact of the
Greeks on the indigenous population of Egypt. This is traced in
cultural policies, in administrative geography, in the realm of
stock-rearing and in the changing religious affiliations traceable
through the names that parents gave their children. The extent to
which Egypt is typical of the Hellenistic world more widely is the
final topic addressed.
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