Wine, wealth, and the state in late antique Egypt
Subtitle: the house of Apion at Oxyrhynchus
By: T.M. Hickey
Series: New texts from ancient cultures
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780472118120; 9780472028221
Subjects: Politics and government; Wealth; Family; Vineyards; Viticulture; Economic conditions; Wine and wine making; Manuscripts (Papyri); Manors; History
Notes: Significantly revised version of author's 2001 University of Chicago doctoral dissertation entitled A public "house" but closed : "fiscal participation" and economic decision making on the Oxyrhynchite estate of the Flavii Apiones.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Land; title: Vineland; title: Labor in the Vineyard; title: The Flow of Wine through the Estate; title: Assessing Estate Viticulture; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: Abstract of Text I; title: Appendix B: Viticultural Sites; title: Appendix C: Wine Containers Used in the Byzantine Oxyrhynchite.