Theophanes of Hermopolis, Trip to Antioch, P.Ryl. 4.627 verso col. ii.240-245
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Context
One of the more interesting sources for travel, commerce, and food in
the eastern Mediterranean during Late Antiquity is a varied dossier of administrative,
financial, and domestic documents and letters that survive on papyri
(P.Ryl. 4 and P.Herm.Rees; see Matthews 2006). This
archive belonged to one Theophanes, a successful businessman and prominent resident of
Hermopolis in the Egyptian Thebaid during the early 4th century C.E. Memoranda from a
trip he made from Hermopolis to Syrian Antioch during late winter to summer of ca. 320
C.E. provide precious testimony for daily life and exchange along the way, including
stopovers at Caesarea Maritima going in both directions. In this passage, Theophanes
records his formal itinerary from Egypt to Syria by date and distance between stopping
points, including Caesarea.
Text
[ἀπὸ] Εἰαμίας εἰς Λούνδ[α μ]ίλ(ια) ιβ´ (240)ιδ´ [ἀπ]ὸ Λούνδα εἰς
Ἀντιπ[ατ(ρίδα) μί]λ(ια) ια´ἀπὸ Ἀντιπατρίδος εἰς τὴν Ἀ̣[λλα]γ̣ὴν <μίλ(ια)> ιζ´ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλλαγῆς εἰς Κεσαρίαν μ(ίλια) ιϛ´ιε´ ἀπὸ Κεσαρίας εἰς
Πτολεμαείδα μ(ίλια) μδ´ιϛ´ ἀπὸ Πτολεμαίδος εἰς Τυρος ⟦Βιρυτὸν⟧ <μ(ίλια)> με´
(245)1
Textual Note
Ed. Roberts and Turner 1952Corrigenda Note
Minor corrections (punctuation)Translation
[From] Eiamia to Loun[da] 12 miles (240)14 (Pharmouthi): Fr[om]
Lounda to Anti[patris] 11 milesFrom Antipatris to the sta[ging] post 16 (miles)From the staging post to Kesaria 16 miles15 (Pharmouthi): From
Kesaria to Ptolemaeis 44 miles16 (Pharmouthi): From
Ptolemaeis to Tyrοs 45 (miles) (245)2
Translation Note
Revised from Matthews 2006Works Cited
- 1 C. H. Roberts and E. G. Turner, eds., Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library IV: Documents of the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine Periods (Nos. 552-717) (Manchester: University Press, 1952), bk: 4.627, col: verso col. ii.240-245.
- 2 John Matthews, The Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006), p: 56-61.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Theophanes of Hermopolis, Trip to Antioch, P.Ryl. 4.627 verso col. ii.240-245,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published April 28, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/504.
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