Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
August 7
August 7 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 44 to AD 126. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 44
Life on This Day
A Woman’s Inherited Dowry Is Formally Acknowledged
On August 7, AD 44, a Greek draft release recorded that a woman’s inherited dowry had been received and that further claims connected with it were renounced.
Sources
Primary evidence
- PAP.000379
Modern scholarship
- Museum of the Bible collection catalogue
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AD 126
Life on This Day
A Temple Servant Pays His Enrollment Fee
On August 7, AD 126, Petorzmethis paid eight drachmas and three obols as an enrollment fee for service as a pastophoros of Ammon.
Sources
Primary evidence
- O.Berlin 35
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine database
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