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：2012
卷号：19
出版社：The British Museum
摘要：The ploion hellenikon (‘Greek boat’) was amongst the most common general-purpose transport vessels in Roman Egypt. A number of papyri from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD mention them; however, it is not clearly understood why these vessels carried such a name. What was so different about them that made the Egyptians call them the Greek boats? Was that name associated with functional or structural features in this type of Nile vessels? This paper will be looking at several aspects of riverine transport in Roman Egypt, with particular emphases on Nile vessels, aiming to shed light on the distinctive features and characteristics of the ploion hellenikon.
