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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy Ser |
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Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy Ser
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Cover -- The Indo-Roman Pepper Trade and the Muziris Papyrus -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Synopsis -- P. Vindob. G 40822: Text and Translation -- Introductory Notes -- Text and Translation of the Extant Columns -- Content (and Hypothetical Content) of the Extant and Missing Columns -- Part I: Contextualizing the Muziris Papyrus -- 1: Bridging Disconnected Seas -- 1.1. CHALLENGES -- 1.2. THE NORTHERN PASSAGES -- 1.3. THE SOUTHERN PASSAGES -- 1.4. MULTIFACETED COMPLEMENTARITY |
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2: Riding the Monsoons -- 2.1. DIRECT SEA ROUTES -- 2.2. MULTI-STAGE SEA ROUTES -- 2.3. HEADING FOR INDIA -- 2.4. THE PLEIADES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD -- 3: Pepper Lands -- 3.1. KOTTANARIKE, THE SOUTHERN PEPPER-PRODUCING LAND -- 3.2. MALE, THE NORTHERN PEPPER-PRODUCING LAND -- 3.3. EARLY MODERN QUANTITATIVE DIMENSIONS -- 3.4. ANCIENT PRICES -- 4: South Indian Perspectives -- 4.1. GATHERERS -- 4.2. TRADERS -- 4.3. KINGS -- 4.4. THE PEPPER PENDULUM -- 5: Supporting Sources -- 5.1. STRABO: THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON INDIAN COMMODITIES -- 5.2. THE PERIPLUS: THE SHIPS AND CARGOES OF THE SOUTH INDIA TRADE |
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5.3. PLINY: THE TIMETABLE OF THE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES TO SOUTH INDIA -- 5.4. PTOLEMY: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH INDIAN CONTEXT -- Part II: Let Him Look to His Bond A Loan Contract for Muziris (P. Vindob. G 40822 Recto) -- 6: Deadline and Whereabouts -- 6.1. A DEBATED CONTRACT -- 6.2. TIME AND MARITIME LOANS -- 6.3. THE DEADLINE FOR THE REPAYMENT OF THE MUZIRIS LOAN CONTRACTS -- 6.4. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE LOAN CONTRACT -- 7: Selling and Repaying -- 7.1. REPAYING A MARITIME LOAN IN FOURTH-CENTURY ATHENS -- 7.2. UNDER THE LENDER'S POWER AND SEAL -- 7.3. EARNINGS AND BENEFIT OF ASSUMPTION |
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7.4. OUTSTANDING LOANS -- 8: Loan and Logistics -- 8.1. WHAT THE LOAN WAS ALL ABOUT -- 8.2. PRUDENT LOANS FOR MARITIME TRADE -- 8.3. CARAVANS FROM BERENICE -- 8.4. THE COPTOS SHIPS -- 8.5. LATE MEDIEVAL COMPARANDA -- Part III: The Assessment of a Cargo from Muziris (P. Vindob. G 40822 Verso) -- 9: Three Minor Cargoes -- 9.1. THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INDIAMAN'S CARGO -- 9.2. GANGETIC NARD -- 9.3. SCHIDAI -- 9.4. STRAIGHTFORWARD AND CIRCUITOUS EVALUATIONS -- 9.5. CARGOES, QUARTERS, AND THE ARABARCHS' ADDITIONAL SHARES -- 10: The Other Cargo Items -- 10.1. COL. I I , LL. 14-30: AN OVERVIEW |
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10.2. PEPPER: COL. I I , LL. 20-30 (AND LL. 1-3) -- 10.3. TORTOISE SHELL (?) AND MALABATHRON: COL. I I , LL. 14-19 -- 11: Contrasts -- 11.1. ANCIENT AND EARLY MODERN PEPPER CARRIERS -- 11.2. ANOTHER PEPPER TRADE -- 11.3. CONSPICUOUS ABSENCES -- 11.4. INDIAN AND AFRICAN TUSKS -- Part IV: The Red Sea Tax and the Muziris Papyrus -- 12: Maris Rubri Vectigal -- 12.1. PAYMENTS IN KIND AND PAYMENTS IN MONEY -- 12.2. DOUBLE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON DIFFERENT TAX BASES -- 12.3. RATES -- 12.4. FISCAL VALUES -- 12.5. WEIGHT STANDARDS -- 13: Dramatis Personae -- 13.1. ARABARCHS, PARALEMPTAI, AND GRAMMATEIS |
| Summary |
Through an innovative analysis of a pair of unique second-century AD documents, this volume offers an updated perspective on the Roman Empire's trade with South India, drawing on recent archaeological and historical insights and using as a backdrop the longue durée history of the South Indian pepper trade from antiquity to early modernity |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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13.2. A LENDER/CUSTOMS COLLECTOR |
| SUBJECT |
India -- Commerce -- Antiquities, Roman
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| Subject |
India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192579744 |
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0192579746 |
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