document in the archive dates to 88 BCE. Themes The significance of this archive is that the documents seem to interchange between two languages in such a way that one may presume the entire household to be bilingual. Esthladas seems to have followed in his father's footsteps and earned a living as a professional soldier and through private land ownership. He appears to have adapted to a more Egyptian way of life and was also both fluent and literate in the Egyptian language of Demotic and Greek as many of the later documents pertain to him specifically. He inherited the majority of land and assets following his father's death, but some of it was inherited by his step-mother and step-sisters. Another focus for those who study this archive is on the relationships between mother and the five daughters as a way to glimpse gender roles of both Greek and Egyptian families. In Dryton's last will in 126 BCE he states that: "And to my wife Apollonia also called Senmonthis, if she stays home and is irreproachable, [his children] shall give every month for four years for the maintenance of herself and her two daughters 2½ artabs of wheat, 1/12 of croton (genus), and 200 copper drachmas... Whatever property Senmonthis may have evidently acquired for herself while married to Dryton, she is to continue to own." In addition to maintaining possession of land, Apollonia was also involved in lending money, which is seen in a number of documents that record her financial transactions. Her five daughters were all kept and raised which follows the Egyptian custom of avoiding infanticide regardless of money or gender. This particular will also gives their daughters a small portion of the estate. He also provided dowry arrangements for Aristo and Aphrodisia. At this time his first daughter, Apollonia, appears to have been married, so she did not receive an additional sum of money. Nikarion and Apollonia the Younger were mere children and an amount of money was to be given them until they turned 17 or 18 years old. References Bibliography Lewis, Naphtali (1986). Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt. Oxford University Press, 88–103. . Pomeroy, Sarah B. (1984). Women in Hellenistic Egypt. Schocken Books, 103–123. . External links Papyrology Egyptian papyri Ptolemaic Kingdom