A Roman-era Hermopolitan tax file. BiGen 46.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 18399 |
| Format | 25 x 32.5 |
| Détails | 424 p., 1 DVD, bound. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
In this work, an investigation is conducted on a tax file consisting of three completely unpublished Greek papyrus rolls, dated to the year 3 of Trajan (99/100 AD) and coming from Hermopolis, metropolis of the Hermopolitan nome (al-Ashmûnayn, Middle Egypt). This file, preserved at the National and University Library of Strasbourg, is presented in the form of a large number of very mutilated papyrus fragments. The author has carried out a large-scale reassembly work, necessary before a methodical reading of these manuscripts. The edition of the texts, partly selective, is preceded by an introduction including a methodology for reconstructing the papyri, an analysis of the structure of the texts, a paleographic study and a re-contextualization of the documentation in its historical framework. The research carried out on this complex file, but essential for filling gaps in our knowledge of Roman taxation, provides a kaleidoscopic view of the agricultural and fiscal situation in the southern region of the Hermopolitan nome, little known at the turn of the 1st-2nd centuries AD. It also allows us to penetrate the central administration of the nome and to trace several aspects of the fiscal technique used in Roman Egypt. A DVD allows the reader to enlarge the photographs of the papyrus at will.
In this work, an investigation is conducted on a tax file consisting of three completely unpublished Greek papyrus rolls, dated to the year 3 of Trajan (99/100 AD) and coming from Hermopolis, metropolis of the Hermopolitan nome (al-Ashmûnayn, Middle Egypt). This file, preserved at the National and University Library of Strasbourg, is presented in the form of a large number of very mutilated papyrus fragments. The author has carried out a large-scale reassembly work, necessary before a methodical reading of these manuscripts. The edition of the texts, partly selective, is preceded by an introduction including a methodology for reconstructing the papyri, an analysis of the structure of the texts, a paleographic study and a re-contextualization of the documentation in its historical framework. The research carried out on this complex file, but essential for filling gaps in our knowledge of Roman taxation, provides a kaleidoscopic view of the agricultural and fiscal situation in the southern region of the Hermopolitan nome, little known at the turn of the 1st-2nd centuries AD. It also allows us to penetrate the central administration of the nome and to trace several aspects of the fiscal technique used in Roman Egypt. A DVD allows the reader to enlarge the photographs of the papyrus at will.