Before revision: We presume she was wealthy partly from the fact that she could afford a lengthy inscription ; she seems to have been the head of a household that comprised a significant number of enslaved people and freed formerly-enslaved people;Kraemer, Ross S. “Rufina Refined: A Woman Archisynagōgos from Smyrna, Yet Again.” 287-300 in Worship, Women and War: Essays in Honor of Susan Niditch.
After revision: We presume she was wealthy for a number of reasons, such as: she could afford a lengthy inscription ; she seems to have been the head of a household that comprised a significant number of enslaved people and freed formerly-enslaved people;Kraemer, Ross S. “Rufina Refined: A Woman Archisynagōgos from Smyrna, Yet Again.” 287-300 in Worship, Women and War: Essays in Honor of Susan Niditch.