Sosin, Joshua D2014-08-122014-11-072014-11-1020140066-1619https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9255This paper suggests that a number of well known Hellenistic endowments were crafted in such a way that, in addition to the pious purposes that they served, they also allowed founders and elite peers to limit tax-liability by sheltering real estate from the possibility of assessment for taxation.Journal article1783-1334