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Last Updated on 18 Jan 2019

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. GR-70: ta ethne

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Arsinoites (00)

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) τὰ ἔθνη (P.Köln. VII 315, Fr. b, l. 4)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) ta ethne
ii. Reference context The term is employed to indicate various groups of tax-payers who paid certain state taxes (specifically the beer tax, the natron-tax, the baths-tax, the tetarte-tax, and the eponion-tax) in favour of a temple.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. iii BC

IV. TERMINOLOGY

i. Descriptive terms ἔθνη, ethne

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Köln. VII 315 (s. III BC)
Online Resources P.Köln. VII 315
TM 2371
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek account of state taxes paid in favour of the temple of Kanopos (probably a village in the Arsinoites).
i.c. Physical format(s) Papyrus.
ii. Source(s) provenance From mummy cartonnage

VIII. NOTES

i. Comments The papyrus, from mummy cartonnage, may also come from the Herakleopolites.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Possible
Note It is possible that the term ethne indicates various private associations of craftsmen who would be liable to pay certain trade-taxes. However, the term may also indicate tax-categories more generally.