To avoid derailing the original thread.
Are you asking me or telling me?
At what specific "time" in history?
Your link is by someone who appears to be an accountant and who admits his ignorance on these matters: My emphasis:
He mentions Holt but provides no reference/footnote to Holt's work. His blog is also dealing with the centuries prior to the letters of Paul which were written in the mid first century CE.
At what precise period in history? Mr Ulvog is rather vague.
I recommend [as you have access to JSTOR] you read Skeats' 1995 paper. He makes the observation on the first page that:
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You would also find the following specific sections to be of relevance:
Section 5 [p.82] on Opisthograph rolls opens with:
And section 7 [p.87] deals with the cost of papyrus, opening with:
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Your link is by someone who appears to be an accountant and who admits his ignorance on these matters: My emphasis:
If you are already somewhat familiar, feel free to either roll your eyes as I flounder along or chuckle on how slow I am to catch on. If your knowledge of ancient finances is comparable to mine, that is to say approximately zero, please feel free to join me on a journey to learn a few details.
He mentions Holt but provides no reference/footnote to Holt's work. His blog is also dealing with the centuries prior to the letters of Paul which were written in the mid first century CE.
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No ancient writer, no source of any kind specifically indicates that papyrus was thought of as either "cheap" or "expensive"
You would also find the following specific sections to be of relevance:
Section 5 [p.82] on Opisthograph rolls opens with:
Rolls of papyrus in which the recto is covered with writing presented the most obvious possibility of re-use by simply writing on the verso.
And section 7 [p.87] deals with the cost of papyrus, opening with:
At first sight, the most obvious means of deciding whether papyrus was regarded as "cheap" or "expensive" in the ancient world might appear to be to determine what papyrus actually cost But here there are almost insuperable difficulties. Although purchases of papyrus are sometimes recorded in accounts, we are never told how much papyrus is being bought, or which of the various sizes and qualities listed by Pliny is involved. In addition the prices themselves show a wide range and puzzling fluctuations which make it very difficult to form even a general impression.
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