Royal Land in Ptolemaic Egypt: A Demographic Model

Author: Monson, Andrew¹

Source: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Volume 50, Number 4, 2007 , pp. 363-397(35)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Recent studies in Ptolemaic agrarian history have emphasized the regional differences between the Fayyum and the Nile Valley, where private land was more extensive. This article proposes a demographic model that regards communal rights on royal land in the Fayyum as an adaptation to risk and links privatization with population pressure. These correlations and their reflection in Demotic and Greek land survey data raise doubts about the common view that patterns of tenure on royal land in the Fayyum can be attributed to more intensive state control over this region.

Keywords: PTOLEMAIC EGYPT; LAND TENURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TAXATION; DEMOGRAPHY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156852007783245098

Affiliations: 1: Department of Classics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;, Email: amonson@stanford.edu

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