Tobiads
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The Tobiads were a Jewish dynasty in Ammon with origins possibly rooted in the First Temple Period, both literary and archaeological evidence point to their prominence during the rule of the Ptolemaic
View of Qasr al-Abd ("Castle of the Servant"), an important structure of the Tobiad estate in today's Iraq al-Amir ("Caverns of the Prince").
Zenon of Kaunos
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Zenon or Zeno, son of Agreophon, was a public official in Ptolemaic Egypt around the 250s–230s BCE. He is known from a cache of his papyrus documents which was discovered by archaeologists in the Nile
Tobiads
…supporters of Hellenistic Judaism, in the early years of the 2nd century BCE. What is known about the Tobiads is a combination of references in the Zenon Papyri, accounts of Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews xii. 160-236) and the Books of Maccabees. These are supplemented by biblical references, the letters…
Part of a letter discussing tax issues from the Zenon Archive, written in Greek on papyrus (3rd century BRPB, National Archaeological Museum, Athens)