Royal temple land? Temple land management strategies in the Ptolemaic Fayum

• Authors: Connor Andrew
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper considers some evidence for active priestly management of the economic affairs of temples in the Ptolemaic period, especially in the Fayum. In particular, I examine the case of the ‘royal temple land’ attested in late second century bc Kerkeosiris, and suggest that the most common sacred tenant, the temple of Petesouchos, may have done so as a means of economic survival.

Keywords

EN

Kerkeosiris; Petesouchos; temple land; Tebtunis; royal land

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 45
• Pages: 25-39

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Connor Andrew

• Monash University Centre for Ancient Cultures 6th Floor, 20 Chancellors Walk Clayton VIC 3800 Australia

Identifiers

ISSN

0075-4277