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archiphylakites
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lit. 'chief guard'; head of the village
guards
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aroura
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Egyptian area measure, measuring 2756 square
meters (about half a football field); a person could live on the net
produce of 2 arouras
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Arsinoite nome
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administrative unit comprising the modern
Fayum basin; the Arsinoite nome was divided in three 'divisions';
the Division of Herakleides, the Division of Themistos, and the
Division of Polemon (southern part). Tebtunis, Kerkeosiris, and
Oxyrhyncha were all situated in the Division of Polemon
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artaba
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Egyptian dry measure of variable capacity,
about 40 liters; a person could live on about 10 artabas of wheat
per year
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basilikos grammateus
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litt. royal scribe; nome official,
responsible for administration the Crown revenues from the nome
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cleruchic land
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land granted by the king to soldiers (and
few civil servants) as a reward for services rendered
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demotic
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cursive form of hieroglyphic writing
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dioiketes
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highest–ranking official of Ptolemaic Egypt;
"manager" of the country.
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drachma
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the basic unit of currency in Greco–Roman
Egypt
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ephebes
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young men undergoing training in the
gymansium
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epistates
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litt. overseer, supervisor; while there were
several 'overseers' on various levels of the administration, the
epistates referred to most frequently is the epistates of the village,
who could be called the police chief of the village
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hieratic
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cursive form of hieroglyphic writing
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keramion
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liquid measure of varying capacity
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komarches
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village official, more or less "mayor"
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komogrammateus
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village secretary; primary responsibility
was the administration of the Crown revenues deriving from his
village's lands
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metropolis
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chief town of a nome
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nome
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geographical and administrative unit, more
or less "province"
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obol
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monetary unit, equals 1/6 drachma
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prefect
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governor of Egypt in the Roman period
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prophetes
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priestly office
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sacred land
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land granted by the king to gods (temples)
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sitologos
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official in charge of the local granary;
responsible for grain revenues
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strategos
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highest–ranking nome official
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talent
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monetary unit, equal to 6,000 drachmas
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topogrammateus
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district secretary
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