A Petition addressed to Apollonios, Strategos of Heptakomia PMich. Inv. 6629 Author(s): A. E. R. Boak Source: Aegyptus, Anno 15, No. 3 (LUGLIO-SETTEMBRE 1935), pp. 265-266 Published by: Vita e Pensiero – Pubblicazioni dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41214478 . Accessed: 15/06/2014 19:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. . Vita e Pensiero – Pubblicazioni dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Aegyptus. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.108.163 on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:22:46 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=vitaepensiero http://www.jstor.org/stable/41214478?origin=JSTOR-pdf http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp A Petition addressed to Apollonios, Strategos of Heptakomia PMich. Inv. 6629 The papyrus discussed below was acquired by the University of Michigan as part of a miscellaneous collection purchased in London in 1934. It measures 10,7 X 7 cm. The top of the sheet is intact, but the two sides and the bottom have been broken off, the latter in such fashion as to remove the date of the document and whatever subscription may have been appended to it, although the text of the petition itself is complete. Traces of ink along the present right edge of the papyrus indicate that at one time there had been another column of writing on this side of the present text. This seems to imply that we have to do with a fragment of a roll which contained copies of several documents. The papyrus is light brown in color and of good quality ; the writing is an upright cursive typical of the second century. The content of the text offers nothing unusual. It is a petition addressed to Apollonios the well known strategos of Heptakomia (cf. POiessen I, pp. 13-15 ; Wilcken, Chřest, intro. to Nos. 15, 16, 17; and the references in Preisigke, Wörterbuch III, 159). The pe- titioner is Psenanouphis, son of Aretopos, of Tanuathis. He requests that Pachoumis, son of Papaios, of Teruthis, against whom he has a claim for sixty-six drachmas, be summoned by one of the officers of the strategos to appear before the approaching assize of the prefect Haterius Nepos. The mention of Haterius Nepos is interesting because it gives a clue as to the date of the petition, which in turn is of impor- tance for the length of the term of office of Apollonios. T. Hate- rius Nepos is known to have held the Egyptian prefecture from 18 February 121 to 13 April 124 A. D. (Cantarelli, La Serie dei Prefetti di Egitto, in Atti della Real. Accad. dei Lincei 12, 1906, 88; Milne, History of Egypt under Roman Rule3, 41). His prede- cessor was Q. Rammius Martialis, for whom the latest known Aegyptus - Anno XV - 18 This content downloaded from 195.78.108.163 on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:22:46 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp 266 A. E. R. BOAK date is 4 August 119 A. D. It is hardly likely that Nepos entered upon his prefecture before 120 A. D. In any case, since the assize for Upper Egypt was held as a rule at Memphis each spring about March (Wilcken, Qrundz., 33), the reference to the coming assize in 1. 9, cannot be to the convtntus of 119, but must refer to that of 120 or some subsequent year. So far as I am aware, there has been no previous evidence for the strategia of Apollonios later than 119 (cf. PGiessen I, p. 14). We now know that he was in office certainly as late as 120, and possibly later still. Text 'A^o^covt'oji сратьатои víysaóvoc. 3. 'ApTSTTojTo;: the reading is sure. The name 'Артгтгй; does not occur in Preisigke, Namenbuch. 4. Tavuociôewç :. = Tavuáôsco;. Пауоо{лю; : read хата Па^оииюс. 5. Паттоахю;: cf. ПатсаГх in SB I, 5390. Tspudiç: this village, like Tanuathis is mentioned frequently in the Apollonios' papyri, cf. Preisigke, Wörterbuch ss. vv. 7. jaOJTwv : obviously a scribal error for tGW. Translation To Apollonios strategos of Apollonopolites Heptakomia, from Psenanouphis, son of Artepos, from Tanuaithis. Since I am having a difference with Pachoumis, son of Pa- paios, from Teruthis in the same nome about a debt of sixty-six silver drachmas, I ask that he be summoned by one of your offi- cers to come to the beneficent approaching assize of Haterios Nepos the most noble prefect. University of Michigan A. E. R. Boak This content downloaded from 195.78.108.163 on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:22:46 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp Article Contents p. [265] p. 266 Issue Table of Contents Aegyptus, Anno 15, No. 3 (LUGLIO-SETTEMBRE 1935), pp. 265-383 Front Matter A Petition addressed to Apollonios, Strategos of Heptakomia PMich. Inv. 6629 [pp. 265-266] Briefe und Urkunden aus der Berliner Papyrussammlung [pp. 267-276] ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑΙ ΦΡΟΝΤΙΔΕΣ: Ein Nachwort zu P. Berol. 9588 [pp. 277-281] De Pap. Berol. 13411 [pp. 282-296] A Latin Parchment from Antinoë [pp. 297-302] ΑΦΗΛΙΚΟΣ [pp. 303-304] TESTI RECENTEMENTE PUBBLICATI [pp. 305-319] AGGIUNTE, CORREZIONI, RIEDIZIONI: DI PAPIRI E DI OSTRACA [pp. 320-320] RECENSIONI E BIBLIOGRAFIA Review: untitled [pp. 321-327] Review: untitled [pp. 327-327] Review: untitled [pp. 328-328] Review: untitled [pp. 328-328] Review: untitled [pp. 329-329] Review: untitled [pp. 330-330] Review: untitled [pp. 331-331] Review: untitled [pp. 331-331] Review: untitled [pp. 332-332] Review: untitled [pp. 332-332] Review: untitled [pp. 333-333] Review: untitled [pp. 333-334] Review: untitled [pp. 334-334] Review: untitled [pp. 334-335] Review: untitled [pp. 335-336] Review: untitled [pp. 336-337] Review: untitled [pp. 337-339] Review: untitled [pp. 339-340] APPUNTI E NOTIZIE [pp. 341-344] BIBLIOGRAFIA METODICA: DEGLI STUDI DI EGITTOLOGIA E DI PAPIROLOGIA [pp. 345-381] LIBRI RICEVUTI [pp. 382-383] Back Matter