Theophanes of Hermopolis, Trip to Antioch, P.Ryl. 4.628.15-20
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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 between Egypt to Syria by date between stopping points,
including Caesarea.
Text
[ -ca. ?- ] ἀπὸ Εἰα[μία] εἰς Λούν̣[δα -ca. ?- ] (15)[ι]δ´ ἀπὸ
Λούν̣[δα] εἰς Ἀντ[ιπατρίδα καὶ εἰς τὴν]Ἀλλαγ(ὴν) ἀ(πὸ) [Ἀντι]π(ατρίδος) [ -ca. ?- ]ἀπὸ τῆς̣ [Ἀλλαγῆ]ς εἰς Κε̣[σαρίαν -ca. ?- ][ι]ε´ ἀπὸ
Κε[σαρίας] εἰς Πτο[λεμαίδα -ca.?- ]ιϛ´ ἀπὸ
Π̣τ̣ο̣[λεμαί]δ̣ος εἰς̣ [Τύρον -ca.?- ] (20)1
Textual Note
Ed. Roberts and Turner 1952Corrigenda Note
Minor corrections (punctuation)Translation
[?] From Eia[mia] to Loun[da ?] (15)14 (Pharmouthi): From
Loun[da] to Anti[patris and to]the staging post from [Anti]patris [?]From [the
staging] post to Ke[saria ?]
15 (Pharmouthi): From
Ke[saria] to Pto[lemaïs ?]16 (Pharmouthi): From Pto[lemaï]s
to [Tyrοs ?] (20)
Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks 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: 4.628, line: 15-20.
Additional Bibliography
- John Matthews, The Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006)
How to Cite This Entry
Joseph L. Rife, “Theophanes of Hermopolis, Trip to Antioch, P.Ryl. 4.628.15-20,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published April 28, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/505.
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