Essay and Texts in Honor of J David Thomas

by Gagos, Traianos; Bagnall, Roger S.

• ISBN13: 9780970059130
• ISBN10: 0970059132
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Amer Society of Papyrologists

Summary

A collection of nine essays focusing on military and administrative institutions in the ancient world; supplemented by a presentation of thirty texts in Greek and Latin written on papyrus and wooden fragments, some unpublished. The essays and textual editions are contributed by a host of distinguished international scholars in honor of Professor J David Thomas' seventieth birthday. Professor Thomas (formerly at the University of Durham) has edited a large number of ancient texts over the last 50 years, and his work has been important to our understanding of subjects as diverse as the military strength on Hadrians Wall and the chain of command in the Egyptian civil service.

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	p. v
Table of Contents	p. vii
List of Plates	p. xi
Bibliography of J. David Thomas	p. xiii
Essays
The Camp of Hibis	p. 3
Aurelius Horion and the Calpurnii: Elite Families in Third Century Oxyrhynchus	p. 11
Sur la date du Pater Noster de Vienne: P.Rain. Unterricht 184	p. 19
The Tangled Tale of P.Mey. 8	p. 25
APTON [Phi]A[Gamma]ein: A Note on Mark iii.20-21	p. 29
Exuberance and Accessibility: Notes on Written Demotic and the Egyptian Scribal Tradition	p. 31
On the Importance of Being a Papyrologist	p. 41
P.Coll. Youtie 77 = P.Col. VII 171 Revisited	p. 45
Deliveries for CYNH[Theta]EIA in Byzantine Papyri	p. 51
Texts
Letter to the King (?) (TCD Sel. Box 137, Arsinoite Nome, III B.C.)	p. 71
Order from Ptolemaios to Nechoutes (P.Duk.inv. 318, Arsinoite Nome, 4 December 180 B.C.E.)	p. 77
A Ptolemaic Custom House Register from Philadelphia (P.Hamb. inv. 49, Philadelphia, 23 May - 22 June 132 B.C. or 26 April - 25 May, 9 A.D.)	p. 81
Antichretic Loan with Right of Habitation in Lieu of Interest (P.Mich. inv. 96, Tebtunis, 23 May, 41-54 A.D.)	p. 87
Sworn Declaration to Agents from the Centurion Cattius Catullus: P.Col. inv. 90 (P.Col. inv. 90, Philadelphia, 24 July 46 A.D.)	p. 91
PSI XI 1183: Record of a Roman Census Declaration of A.D. 47/8 (PSI XI 1183, Oxyrhynchus, 47/8 A.D.)	p. 99
Frammento di vendita di un animale (PSI inv. 8, unknown provenance, 69 A.D.)	p. 115
Drinking and Cheating in the Desert	p. 119
Letter from Numerius to Longinus (O.Did. inv. 313, Didymoi, end of I A.D.)
Letter from Longinus to Numerius (O.Did. inv. 329, Didymoi, end of I A.D.)
Tiberius Claudius Isidorus: Alexandrian Gymnasiarch and Epistrategus of Thebaid (Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria, late I A.D.)	p. 125
PSI inv. 233 recto e verso (PSI inv. 233, Oxyrhynchus, I/II A.D. and 150-153 A.D.)	p. 131
Documenti in copia relativi a [characters not reproducible] di terreno (PSI inv. 739, Isieion Panga, after 167/8 A.D.)	p. 139
Istanza agli [characters not reproducible] (PSI inv. 439, Oxyrhynchus, 183 A.D.)	p. 145
Private Letter (P.Mich. inv. 2995, Karanis, second half of II A.D.)	p. 149
Rhetorical Handbook (Hancock Museum inv. no. NEWHM: AREGYPT 522, Oxyrhynchus, II A.D.)	p. 153
Three Mummy Labels in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology	p. 167
(Kelsey Museum inv. 23454, Thebes?, middle II C.E.)
(Kelsey Museum inv. 1999.3.1, Thebes?, II-III C.E.?)
(Kelsey Museum inv. 4972, Upper Egypt, II C.E.)
Claudius Lucilianus, prefet d'aile et de Berenice (I.Did. inv. 940, Didymoi, around 190 A.D.)	p. 171
A New Agnitio Bonorum Possessionis (P.Mich. inv. 1946, Oxyrhynchus, 269-270 A.D.)	p. 175
296 Drachmas for each Soldier: MS Schoyen 244/1 Recto (Schoyen MS 244/1, unknown provenance, III A.D.)	p. 187
Fragment de correspondance officielle (P.Cair.Cat. 10572, Hermoupolis?, first quarter of IV A.D.)	p. 203
Quattro contratti di trasporto verso Panopolis (PL III/541, Panopolis?, 7 September 338 A.D.)	p. 211
Fragment eines bilinguen Verhandlungs-protokolls (P.Heid. Inv. G 59, unknown provenance, end of IV/V A.D.?)	p. 217
Schedule of Prices and Shipping List (P.Mich. inv. 5576c, unknown provenance, V A.D.)	p. 227
Official Receipt for Kalandarika and Another Payment (P.E.E.S. Misc. II 186(a), Hermoupolis, V/VI A.D.)	p. 229
A Deed of Exchange from Aphrodito (P.Michael. 51 + P.Colon. inv. 1376, Aphrodito, ca. 514-547, before 538?)	p. 235
A Flavia Christodote Fragment from Giessen (P.bibl. univ. Giss. inv. 63, Oxyrhynchus, 572 or 573? A.D.)	p. 251
Some Egyptian Datings from the Reign of Phocas (P.E.E.S. Misc. inv. II 191b, Hermopolis, 30 August - 28 September 603)	p. 255
A Coptic Graffito from the Valley Building at Deir Mustafa Kashef	p. 263
Indices
Greek Literary Texts	p. 267
Greek Documentary Texts	p. 269
Chronology
Months and Days
Personal Names
Geographical Names
Religion
Official, Military, and Tax Terms
General Index of Greek Words
Latin Documentary Texts	p. 285
Chronology
Personal Names
Geographical Names
Official and Military Terms
General Index of Latin Words
Demotic Texts	p. 289
Personal Names
Religion
General Index of Demotic Words
Coptic Documentary Texts	p. 291
Chronology
Months
Personal Names
Geographical Names
Religion
General Index of Coptic Words
Subject Index	p. 293
Plates
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