The Archive of the Architektones Kleon and Theodoros. (P. Petrie Kleon)

by: Van Beek, B.

Summary:
This book contains the edition of texts from the archive of Kleon and Theodoros, the engineers who were responsible for the upkeep of the large scale irrigation system in the Fayum during the reigns of Ptolemy II and III between 260 and 237 BC. The Kleon archive is contemporaneous with the famous Zenon archive and offers a window on the same society from a different angle. The edition contains the texts with translation and commentary of 124 Greek papyri, of which 37 are published here for the first time; for the others there are numerous new readings and interpretations. The former edition in the Petrie papyri was over a hundred years old, difficult to consult and in need of revision. In the new edition papyrological studies of the last century are incorporated, and the persons are situated in their historical context, including a royal visit to the province in 253 BC.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements v
Table of contents vii

List of plates ix

Introduction 1

I. The Petrie Papyri 1

I.1. Discovery 1

I.2. Publication 1

I.3. Conservation 2

I.4. Towards a re-edition 3

II. Re-edition and study of the archive 3

II.1. The archive throughout a century of papyrology 3

II.2. Editoral practice 6

III. Archive Study 8 IV. Irrigation and the Ancient Fayum 12

IV.1. Historical Evolutions 13

IV.1.1. Prehistoric and Pharaonic Period 13

IV.1.2. Ptolemaic Period (ca. 300 – 320 BC) 14

IV.1.3. Roman Period 18

IV.2. Irrigation in the archive 18

IV.2.1. The Nile calendar 18

IV.2.2. Controlling the flood 19

IV.2.3. Irrigation vocabulary in the archive 20

IV.2.4. Measures 25

V. Stone cutting in the archive 25

V.1. Kleon?s involvement in quarrying and stone cutting 25

V.2. The stone cutting dossier of the archive 27

Edition of the texts 31

I. Private correspondence (1-16) 31

II. Official correspondence (17-83) 55

II.1. Irrigation (17-48) 55

II.2. Stone cutting (49-64) 97

II.3. Other topics (65-83) 126

III. Related correspondence (84-85) 146

IV. Registers of correspondence (86-89) 150

V. Contracts (90-91) 165

VI. Accounts (92-105) 185

viii contents VII. Texts of uncertain type (106-119)

222 VIII. Later addenda (120-124) 243

Concordance of published texts 253

Bibliography 257

I. Papyrological references 257

II. Abbreviations 257

III. Monographs and articles 258

Appendices 273

Plates 283

Indices 295
 

The Archive of the Architektones Kleon and Theodoros. (P. Petrie Kleon)

by: Van Beek, B.

• ISBN-13: 9789042935006 / 978-90-429-3500-6
• ISBN-03: 9042935006 / 90-429-3500-6
• Peeters, Leuven, 2017