P.Duk.inv. 677: Aetos, from Arsinoite Strategos to Eponymous Priest (original) (raw)

H. Cadell, W. Clarysse, and K. Robic, Papyrus de la Sorbonne (P.Sorb. III nos. 70–144)

Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists , 2013

n os 70-144). Papyrologica Parisina [1]. Paris: Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne, 2011. xxiv + 189 pages + 11 plates +1 CD-ROM. ISBN 978-2-84050-726-0. The third volume of P.Sorb. contains texts from the Ptolemaic period only. The three editors each sign for one of three third century BC archives: Hélène Cadell (re-)edits a small set ("dossier") of private documents related to one Zenodoros, a Cyrenaean and lochagos from the Oxyrhynchite nome (70-74); Willy Clarysse (re-)edits a larger batch ("archives") of documents mostly addressed to (occasionally from) the lower-level nomarch Aristarchos (75-102); and Kenokka Robic (re-)edits the largest batch ("archives") of texts, mostly petitions and letters associated with the epistates Demetrios (103-144). The texts are fully illustrated on the accompanying CD-ROM, which also contains a searchable version of the text (slightly "off " compared to the printed text). The best pieces are also illustrated on the color foldouts at the back. The endpapers illustrate 77.3-9. The edition of the sometimes difficult texts maintains a high standard throughout. There is no indication in the texts when the papyrus breaks off, and this information has to be gleaned from the descriptions or the illustrations. There is an occasional typographical glitch: when the editor inserts a line number (5, 10, etc.) or an arrow indicating the direction of the fibres (→,↓), the text sometimes indents (not so on the papyrus). The lengthy introduction to texts 70-74 is largely devoted (pp. 4-21) to a discussion of the regnal years of Ptolemy II and the co-regency with his son (268/7-260-59 BC). 71, mentioning a kanephoros of Arsinoe II, is from 268/7, and P.Bryce dem., mentioning another, could be from 269/8, allowing Arsinoe's death to occur in 270, as traditionally held. 70 (270 BC) is the sale of Argyris, a Syrian slave woman aged 40, in Oxyrhynchus. The buyer is Zenodoros; the seller is a resident alien (parepidemos) from Libya, Simon. 71 is a loan of fodder (chortos) by Zenodoros to another Cyrenaean, Polyanthes. The debtor will return 1.5 times as much fodder to the horse stable of Zenodoros in Takona in the Oxyrhynchite nome. Of this sixwitness contract both scriptura exterior and scriptura interior are preserved. 72 (266/5) re-edits P.Sorb. 1.14, a receipt for a sizeable amount of rent in kind paid by Zenodoros for a kleros owned by another soldier, from Asine. 73 (after 266) re-edits P.Sorb. 1.15, another six-witness contract mentioning a lease of a kleros. 74 (270-266) is a six-witness contract of lease. The note on the back (τὸ ἥμυσυ τῆς συγ-|[γ]ρ̣ α̣ φ̣ ῆ̣ ς. Σήσαμος) is explained in n. 84 (p. 44) as if the text was written twice on the same papyrus, which was then cut in half, one half for Zenodoros, one of the contracting parties, the other for an official responsible

Papyrus Turin Cat. 1883 + Cat. 2095: A New Edition of an Already Known Papyrus

Rivista del museo egizio, 2022

The article offers the first complete publication of the hieratic papyrus Cat. 1883 + Cat. 2095. Very little information is available regarding its origin or its owner. However, as the article will show, the document originates within the community of Deir el-Medina during the 20th Dynasty.