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Enough just to feed them, or enough to actually be considered payment?
by Xirgil 2y ago
Enough just to feed them, or enough to actually be considered payment?
- adastra22 2y agoThe concept of payment beyond present requirements may not have existed back then. People were payed in the resources their family needed to survive between the harvest seasons.
- DoItToMe81 2y agoMore than an ordinary laborer, much more than an agricultural slave, and you also had social esteem and a higher spiritual acclaim. This all means a LOT in a highly stratified society, like Ancient Egypt. You don't give such things to slaves.