2,200-Year-Old Contract from Amos Reveals Strict Farming Rules in Ancient Anatolia
In ancient Anatolia, paying rent was not just about money. A newly studied 2,200-year-old contract from Amos Ancient City shows that tenants were required to plant hundreds of vines and dozens of fig trees—with even the depth of each sapling carefully prescribed. The inscription, now housed in the Fethiye Archaeological Museum, was recovered from a