Theophanes of Hermopolis, Trip to Antioch, P.Ryl. 4.638 col. i.13-17
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Κε̣σαρία[ν

,

[Κε]σαρ[ίας

,

Kesari[a

, and

[Ke]sar[ia

are directly attested at Theophanes of Hermopolis, Trip to Antioch, P.Ryl. 4.638 col. i.13-17. This passage was written ca. ca. 320 C.E. possibly in Hermopolis. 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 going in both directions. In this passage, Theophanes records his formal itinerary between Syria and Egypt by distance between stopping points, including Caesarea.

[ἀπὸ] Τύρ[ου] εἰ̣ς̣ Π[τολεμαίδα] μ[ίλ(ια) ̣]ϛ´ ἀπὸ Πτ[ολεμ]α̣ίδα̣ <εἰς> [Συκ]ά̣μ̣ιν̣(ον) μ̣[ίλ(ια) ̣]ζ´ ἀπὸ [Συκα]μ̣ίν̣(ου) <εἰς> Κε̣σαρία[ν μίλ(ια) -ca. ?- ] (15) ἀπὸ [Κε]σαρ[ίας μίλ(ια) -ca. ?- ] ϛ´ ἀπὸ [Βετά]ρου ε̣[ἰς Ἀ(ντι)]πατρ[ίδα μίλ(ια) -ca. ?- ]

[Ed. Roberts and Turner 1952] [Minor corrections (punctuation)]

[From] Ty[ros] to P[tolemaïs] [4]6 miles From Pt[olem]aïs (to) [Syk]aminon [1]7(?) miles From [Syka]minon (to) Kesari[a ? miles] (15) From [Ke]sar[ia ?] 6 miles From [Beta]ros t[o Anti]patr[is ? miles]

[Trans. J. L. Rife]

Works Cited

[...] 126-127 n. 9

[Antipatris

Betaros (Bethhar)

Ptolemaïs (Akko)

Sykaminon (Haifa)

Tyros]

[Economy and Commerce

Food

Travel]