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Tag: Cleopatra

On A Document Signed by Cleopatra

Jul 20, 2020

On 23 February 33 BCE, the Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, issued a royal ordinance granting financial privileges to a Roman absentee landlord. These privileges include tax exemptions and protection of his workers and other property from various impositions. More than the economic implications of this document, and the role of absentee Roman landlords in … More On A Document Signed by Cleopatra

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Living (and Dying) in Interesting Times

Aug 22, 2019

*GUEST POST by Luigi Prada (see his bio here)   At the age of 21 years and 29 days, the sistrum-player Kheredankh died. A fragment of her funerary stela survives and is today housed in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London. Originally, this stela would have been a remarkable artefact of very fine craftsmanship, … More Living (and Dying) in Interesting Times

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