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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
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
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
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
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
13.2. A LENDER/CUSTOMS COLLECTOR
13.3. A BORROWER/SHIP OWNER
13.4. THE IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION
Epilogue
Appendices
APPENDIX 1: Exchanging Coins at Barygaza
APPENDIX 2: Axum and Silis in the Kephalaia
Trade and Powers in the Late Antique Indian Ocean
References
Index of Sources
Geographical Index
Subject Index