Unknown, Invocation of Isis, P.Oxy. XI 1380.93-99
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Context
This papyrus of the early 2nd century C.E. from Oxyrhynchus in Middle
Egypt contains a long invocation of the goddess Isis. The first part of this text is a
litany in which the author called upon the deity with her many epithets by town or
region across the world; the second part is a prose hymn in which the author praised her
divine virtues. In the list of cult-sites between Sinai and Syria, the author noted the
worship of Isis as “Hellas” (the personification of Greece) and “the Good” at Caesarea
Maritima, which he anachronistically called Strato’s Tower.
Text
ἐν Ῥεινοκορούλοις παντόπ̣[τιν·ἐν Δώροις φιλίαν· ἐν
Στρ[άτω]ν[οςΠύργῳ ᾿Ελλάδα, ἀγαθήν[·] ἐν (95)Ἀσκάλῳ
κρατίστην· ἐν Σινώπη πολυώνυμον· ἐν Ῥαφέᾳ δυνάστιν· ἐν Τριπόλει ὀρθωσίαν· ἐνΓάζῃ εὐπλέαν …1
Textual Note
Ed. Grenfell and Hunt 1915Translation
at Rheinokourouloi, the All Seeing;at Doroi, the Friendly; at
Strato’sTower, Hellas, the Good; at (95)Askalon, the
Strongest; atSinope, the Many-Named at Rhafea,the Powerful; at Tripolis, the
Upright; atGaze, the Smooth-Sailing …
Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks Cited
- 1 Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, eds., Oxyrhynchus Papyri XI (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1915), vol: XI, entry: 1380.93-99.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Unknown, Invocation of Isis, P.Oxy. XI 1380.93-99,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/406.
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