SB V 8754: Apostoloi, antapostoloi, and the Ptolemaic grain transport

• Authors: Balamoshev Constantinos
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper offers new annotated readings and corrections to the original edition of P. Berlin inv. 16876 = SB V 8754 (from the archive of Har chebis, the royal scribe of the Herakleopolite nome), also discussing subsequent corrections proposed by various scholars in the past. Special attention is placed on the hapax legomenon technical term antapostoloi. The connection of these documents with the term apostoloi is investigated as well as their function within the framework of the shipping procedure and the officials involved in their issuance. Finally, appended is a transcription that reflects the current state of the papyrus, together with a translation into English.

Keywords

EN

Ptolemaic; first century bc; grain transport; samples; administration; archives; naukleros; dioiketes; sitologos; strategos; basilikos grammateus; apostoloi; antapostoloi; phylakitai; ship security guards; shipping; shipowners; corrections

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 1-16

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Balamoshev Constantinos

• University of Warsaw Faculty of Law and Administration Chair of Roman Law and the Law of Antiquity Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 00-927 Warsaw Poland

Identifiers

ISSN

0075-4277