Tax Receipt for Wine, Ptolemaic Period, 174 BC, From Egypt; Probably from Southern Upper Egypt, Gebelein (Krokodilopolis), Pottery, ink, H. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); W. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.), This tax receipt is dated to September 26, 174 BCE. Traditionally, wine was produced in the north and in the oases, but a tax reform during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphos encouraged viticulture around Thebes and Gebelein, in which—according to the text—the tax was paid
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