The Arabic text of SPP VIII 1198 and its significance for the study of Arabisation of the Egyptian administration

• Authors: Barański Tomasz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper offers a reading of remnants of the Arabic text of SPP VIII 1198. The Greek part of this bilingual document has been known for a long time, but it could not be dated precisely with the indiction date preserved in the text. The dating formula that can be deciphered in the Arabic part allows the reconstruction of the exact dates for this and another tax receipt, PERF 573 = SB XVIII 13771, issued most probably by the same official. Different tax quotas indicated in the document are discussed as well. Moreover, an effort is made in the article to understand the identity of the issuing official and the document’s place of origin. Although it is almost certain that the tax receipt comes from the Egyptian province, it can be hypothesized that it was written originally in the capital city Al-Fustāt. Finally, some general conclusions about the process of the Arabisation of the Egyptian administration are drawn.

Keywords

EN

Greek; Arabic; bilingual documents; early Islamic Egypt; fiscal administration; tax receipt; Herakleopolis Magna; Ihnās

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 17-30

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Barański Tomasz

• Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures Nowy Świat 72 00-330 Warsaw Poland

Identifiers

ISSN

0075-4277