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Document Details : Title: Endowments and Taxation in the Hellenistic Period Author(s): SOSIN, Joshua D. Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 44 Date: 2014 Pages: 43-89 DOI: 10.2143/AS.44.0.3044799 Abstract : This paper suggests that a number of well known Hellenistic endowments were crafted in such a way that, in addition to the pious purposes that they served, they also allowed founders and elite peers to limit tax-liability by sheltering real estate from the possibility of assessment for taxation. |
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