Publication: Selling Private Real Estate in a New Monarchical Setting. Sale and Community in Hellenistic Egypt
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2015
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Vandorpe, Katelijn
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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Abstract
The Ptolemies, the last Pharaohs, took over a country with a high standing
civilization and a mighty clergy, receiving at the same time numerous Greek
immigrants. They were able to maintain the control over Greeks and Egyptians
by balancing between innovation and tradition and by bargaining with
the elite groups (Greek and priestly elite).1 This paper on selling procedures
is a test case for this general statement. Evidence of the Egyptian chora will
be discussed, constituting mainly of Greek and Demotic sale contracts and of
sales tax receipts; official correspondence and lawsuit records add crucial additional
information.
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Katelijn Vandorpe, "Selling Private Real Estate in a New Monarchical Setting. Sale and Community in Hellenistic Egypt", in: Éva Jakab (edited by), "Sale and Community Documents from the Ancient World. Individuals’ Autonomy and State Interference in the Ancient World. Proceedings of a Colloquium supported by the University of Szeged. Budapest 5-8.10.2012", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015, pp. 99-115