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Land and Taxes in Ptolemaic EgyptAn Edition, Translation and Commentary for the Edfu Land Survey (P. Haun. IV 70)\nAuthor(s): Thorolf Christensen, Dorothy J. Thompson, Katelijn Vandorpe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316612057, 978-1316612057\nSynopsis\nThis book provides the first edition with an extensive introduction and full commentary of a unique land survey written on papyrus in Greek which derives from that area of southern (Upper) Egypt known as the Apollonopolite (or Edfu) nome and is now preserved in Copenhagen. Dating from the late second century BC, this survey provides a new picture of both landholding and taxation in the area which differs significantly from that currently accepted. The introduction sets this new evidence in its contemporary context, drawing particular attention to what it reveals about the nature of the relations of the Ptolemaic royal administration with loca.