Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
January 5
January 5 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 145 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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145 BC
Life on This Day
A Mortuary Priest Transfers a Share of His Religious Rights
On January 5, 145 BC, a mortuary priest transferred to his brother a share in religious services and rights connected with funerary care. The document preserves the economic side of hereditary temple and mortuary work.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. I 3
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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