在法老时期的埃及,没有专指奴隶的术语,几个表示奴隶的词同时也有其他的含义。而希腊化时期的史料中,比法老时期有利的一点是有了专指奴隶的法律术语——δουλοζ或αυδραποδου(由于希腊语成了官方语言,所以这个时期大量的纸草文献是用希腊语写成的)。但是,这类词极少出现,常用的是παιδαοιου,πατζ,παιδισκη(男孩,孩子的意思),它们也可以指自由人。因此,我们在买卖奴隶的契约和追捕逃亡奴隶的启事 In Pharaonic Egypt, there was no specific term for slavery, and several expressions of slave meanings at the same time. Among the Hellenistic historical materials, however, a point more favorable than the Pharaonic period was the legal term specifically referring to slavery - either όοουοο or αυδραποδου (due to the fact that Greek was the official language, a large number of papyrus articles of this period were written in Greek of). However, these words are rare and commonly used are παιδαοιου, πατζ, παιδισκη (boys, children’s meaning), and they can also refer to free people. Therefore, we are buying and selling slave contracts and hunt for fugitive slaves