Lending in Ptolemaic Egypt

The Demotic Loan-Account Papyri of Panas, Son of Espmetis

By (author) Brian P. Muhs

Book cover: Lending in Ptolemaic Egypt

Extent: 428, 428 pages

Publisher: Lockwood Press

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2025)

ISBN: 9781957454764

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $84.95

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PDF (Published)

(July 2025)

ISBN: 9781957454689

Price: $68.00

This volume examines lending practices in Egypt during the Ptolemaic period (332-30 BCE), especially, but not exclusively, through the lens of the demotic loan-account papyri of Panas, son of Espmetis.


This volume examines lending practices in Egypt during the Ptolemaic period (332-30 BCE), especially, but not exclusively, through the lens of the demotic loan-account papyri of Panas, son of Espmetis. It begins by introducing some of the issues associated with the history of ancient lending, and surveys previous discussions of lending practices in Ptolemaic Egypt. It then introduces the demotic loan-account papyri of Panas, and how they alter the current understanding of lending in Ptolemaic Egypt. The volume explores the contents of the papyri, placing them in their social, legal, and historical contexts, and concludes with a full edition of the papyri.

  • By (author) Brian P. Muhs