Bagnall, R. (2026). "Vegetable garden at Dionysias." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/11032f45a7/

Vegetable garden at Dionysias

Author: Roger Bagnall

Contributor: Amelia Lamis

Published: 2026-10-01

Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

161 to 169 CE

Excavation Dates

unexcavated

Garden Description

Two arouras (.56 ha.). Quarter share given in a donatio mortis causa by a metropolitan woman to her daughter in 161-169 CE.

Bibliography

P.Stras.2.122 (cf. BL 4.93). (papyri.info)

Keywords

vegetable gardens (AAT:300008142)

Places

Dionysias (Pleiades:736904)
Qaşr Qārūn (ruins) (TGN:7540108)
Fayyum (oasis) (Pleiades:170198552)
Al Fayyūm (TGN:7001197)
Africa Proconsularis (late Roman province) (Pleiades:991341)
Africa (province) (TGN:6000082)