期刊名称：British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)
印刷版ISSN：2049-5021
电子版ISSN：2049-5021
出版年度：2014
卷号：21
页码：193-218
出版社：The British Museum
摘要：Naukratis was an important hub for trade and cross-cultural exchange long before the foundation of Alexandria. Established in the late 7th century BC as a base for Greek and Eastern Mediterranean traders, Naukratis was occupied until at least the 7th century AD, although the later Roman period has remained largely ignored by scholars due to researchers’ focus on the earlier 7th and 6th century BC phase of Naukratis as a Greek emporium. During the Ptolemaic and Roman periods Naukratis was one of three Greek poleis (city-states) in Egypt and remained an important town and regional centre. Its status as a polis is first attested in the 2nd century BC and extended into the Roman period (Möller 2000, 191; Villing et al. 2013). Claudius Ptolemy suggests that the settlement had shrunk in significance and size to that of a town by the late 2nd century AD (Ptolemy, Geography 4.5), when the settlement was home to the famous culinary writer Athenaeus, although it retained some status since games continued to be held at Naukratis until at least AD 266 (Lobel and Roberts 1954; P.Oxy. XXII 2338).
