A large estate in Egypt in the third century B.C.
Subtitle: a study in economic history
By: by Michael Rostovtzeff ...
Series: University of Wisconsin studies in the social sciences and history -- no. 6.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin?
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Ptolemaic dynasty, -- 305-30 B.C; Apollonius; Agriculture -- Egypt -- History; Egypt -- Economic conditions
Notes: A series of documents of the third century B.C. were discovered in 1915 at the site of the ancient Philadelphia. The Greek papyri found formed part of the correspondence of Zenon, agent of Apollonius, manager in the name of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, of the economic life of Egypt. This study deals with only a part of the correspondence.