| The Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, houses a collection of ca. 2000 papyri from Egypt inscribed in several different languages, principally Greek. In this dissertation, I edit thirty-four previously unpublished Greek documents, offering for each papyrus a transcription of the Greek text, English translation and extensive commentary. The texts span the late 3rd through the 6th century AD, and thematic similarities allow me to elaborate on certain topics related to Late Antique and Byzantine Egypt, such as grain transport, property surveying, estate management, and wine production and distribution.;In addition to illuminating different aspects of Late Antique and Byzantine Egypt, this dissertation also challenges longstanding assumptions about the acquisition history of some of the pieces in the Jena collection.;The edition is divided into several general categories. Documents 1--7 are all more-or-less precisely dated. 8--13 constitute a dossier of grain shipping receipts issued to a certain Macarius, son of Pabion. 18--20 offer important evidence for the practice of property surveying in the fifth/sixth century. 23--28 provide insight into the daily operations of an Egyptian estate. Finally, 30--34, a small dossier of wine accounts, afford some of the best evidence we have for bookkeeping procedures on estates in connection with the annual vintage. |
