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Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions Mnemosyne Supplements History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity Editedby SusanE.Alcock,BrownUniversity ThomasHarrison,Liverpool HansvanWees,London VOLUME361 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/mns Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions By RachelZelnick-Abramovitz LEIDEN•BOSTON 2013 Coverillustration:SilverstateroftheThessalianLeague(latesecond–mid-firstcenturyBC). Obverse:headofZeus,wearingalaurelwreath.Reverse:AthenaItoniaflingingaspearinherright hand,holdingashieldinherleft;ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩNtoherrightandleft;[Σ]ΩΣIΠ-ATPOΣabovethe spear,[Γ]OPΓΩΠΑΣinexergue.TheClassicalNumismaticGroup,Inc.(www.cngcoins.com). LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Zelnick-Abramovitz,Rachel,author. TaxingfreedominThessalianmanumissioninscriptions/byRachelZelnick-Abramovitz. pagescm–(Mnemosyne.Supplements;volume361) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-25389-6(hardback:alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-25662-0(e-book) 1.Taxation–Greece–Thessaly.2.Slaves–Emancipation–Greece–Thessaly.3.Inscriptions, Greek–Greece–Thessaly.I.Title.II.Series:Mnemosyne,bibliothecaclassicaBatava. Supplementum;v.361. HJ217.Z452013 336.2'7–dc23 2013024126 Thispublicationhasbeentypesetinthemultilingual“Brill”typeface.Withover5,100characters coveringLatin,IPA,Greek,andCyrillic,thistypefaceisespeciallysuitableforuseinthehumanities. Formoreinformation,pleaseseewww.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN0169-8958 ISBN978-90-04-25389-6(hardback) ISBN978-90-04-25662-0(e-book) Copyright2013byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishersandMartinusNijhoffPublishers. 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InMemoriam ZeevRubin CONTENTS PrefaceandAcknowledgments......................................... ix ListofAbbreviations.................................................... xi Map..................................................................... xv Introduction............................................................ 1 1 TaxationandSlavery ............................................... 15 2 TheThessalianManumissionInscriptions ......................... 29 3 ManumissionTaxorPublicationFee?.............................. 55 4 EvidencefromOtherPlaces ........................................ 71 5 TheHistoricalandEconomicBackground ......................... 109 Conclusions............................................................. 133 Bibliography ............................................................ 141 Appendix:TheThessalianManumissionInscriptions.................. 151 IndexLocorum ......................................................... 157 GeneralIndex........................................................... 167 IndexofGreekTerms................................................... 175 PREFACEANDACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thequestionposedatthecoreofthisbook,namelythepurposeofpayments made“tothepolis”bymanumittedslavesinThessaly,hasoccupiedmymind foralongtime.OurknowledgeoftheprocessbywhichslavesintheGreek worldbecamefreeandoftheirlivesaftermanumissionisstillfullof‘black holes’,especiallyinrespectofThessaly.Oneoftheseriddlesisthenumerous records of such payments, which adds to the notion (which I argued in my book Not Wholly Free: The Concept of Manumission and the Status of ManumittedSlavesintheAncientGreekWorld, Brill 2005) that there were manyobstaclestofullfreedom,andthatasanon-citizen,thefreedslave’s statushadtobeclearlyandpubliclyadvertised—forhisorhersakeaswell asintheinterestofthepolis. Researchforthisbookwaspartlycarriedoutduringmystayasavisiting fellow (March to August 2011) at the Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study at the University of London. I am deeply indebted to theformerDirectoroftheInstitute,ProfessorMichaelEdwards,andtothe DeputyDirectorandAdministrator,DrOlgaKrzyszkowska,fortheirwarm welcomeandsupport,andtothestaffinthelibraryfortheirusefulhelp. Richard Bouchon, who is planning a new edition of all the Thessalian manumissioninscriptions,kindlysentmehisarticlesonThessalyintheage ofAugustus(2008)andonthefeepaidbymanumittedslavesinThessaly (2009).IammostgratefultotheanonymousreadersforBrillfortheirwise commentsandsuggestions.CarolinevanErpofBrillandLaurieMeijersof TAT Zetwerk were most helpful, efficient, and supportive. Special thanks are due to Murray Rosovsky for polishing my English and saving me, as always, fromembarrassing pitfalls.Needless tosay, any errorsstill left are myresponsibility. This book is dedicated to the memory of Zeev Rubin, a great scholar, teacher,andfriend,whopassedawaybeforehistimeintheearlysummer of 2009. He never failed to avail me of his enormous knowledge and to contributehissageadvice.Hisunfailingguidanceandsupportaregreatly missed.
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