Researchers in Austria and Israel have translated the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert.
Iudaea is another spelling for Judaea.
The primary defendants were two men named Saulos and Gadalias, both accused of corruption.
The papyrus from Judaea.© Shai Halevi, Courtesy of the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, Israel Antiquities Authority
Saulos was accused of having coordinated the fake sale and emancipation of enslaved people without paying necessary taxes.
Both were accused of forging documents.
Whats more, freeing enslaved people does not appear to be a profitable business model, Ecker added.
Its not clear who the enslaved individuals were.
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