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Ptolemaic Period
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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Title: Tax Receipt for Wine
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 174 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Southern Upper Egypt, Gebelein (Krokodilopolis)
Medium: Pottery, ink
Dimensions: H. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); W. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
Object Number: 21.2.123
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