Pergamon: -250 To -133 Fragmentary royal letter on land and taxes, probably addressed to military cleruchs

Century Category:
3rd-2nd centuries BCE
Region:
Mysia
City:
Pergamon
Date:
c. 250-133 BCE
Certainty of pre-1st century CE date:
CERTAIN
Document Type:
Official letter
Epigraphic Reference:
I.Pergamon
PHI ID:
301789
Trismegistos ID:
868378
Place of Publication:
http://nomisma.org/id/pergamum
Place of Conception:
http://nomisma.org/id/pergamum
Epigraphic Reference in Full:
I.Pergamon 158
Reference Number:
158
Bibliographic URL:
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/001450886
Date From:
-250
Date To:
-133
Description:
Fragmentary royal letter on land and taxes, probably addressed to military cleruchs
PHI URL:
https://inscriptions.packhum.org/text/301789?bookid=745&location=1674

References to monetary behaviour (7)

Place of Transaction Authority Transaction Type Purpose/Focus Context/Field of Action Commodity Monetary Material Coin Denomination/Unit of Monetary Measurement Lines Notes
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia Hellenistic monarch Regulation Property (land) Land distribution ll. 1-18 Mention of land-plots, perhaps discussing the apportioning of royal estates.
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia Hellenistic monarch Regulation Taxation Imperial Grain Dekate (δεκάτη) ll. 16-18 Reference to individuals paying the tithe in the form of grain and other commodities.
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia Hellenistic monarch Regulation Property (land) Sale ll. 20-21 Suggestion that the sale of land-plots would be regarded as legitimate sale.
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia Hellenistic monarch Regulation Tax-immunity Imperial ll. 23, 28 References to tax-immunity.
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia Hellenistic monarch Gift Oil Gymnasium l. 24 Mention of an unknown gift to the neoi towards oil for the gymnasium, perhaps in the form of estates.
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia Hellenistic monarch Regulation Mercenaries Military ll. 29-30 Mention of mercenaries.
http://nomisma.org/id/olympia City Spending Publication Uncertain ll. 31-33