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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri: volume LXXVII
This volume presents an early and textually valuable copy of the Septuagint Psalms, five hexameter poems and diverse documents from the Roman and Byantine periods.
5101, probably the earliest extant copy of the Septuagint Psalms, is of considerable textual interest, including use of the Tetragrammaton for the divine name.
5102 includes tantalising fragments of a Hellenistic mythological poem echoing Callimachus and Apollonius Rhodius, possibly depicting Hermes and Artemis in a pastoral setting. 5103, if correctly attributed to Dionysius’ Bassarica, offers a new, earlier, chronological marker. 5104 and 5105 feature later narratives centered on Aphrodite; notably, 5105 depicts her descending to Earth to retrieve Poppaea Sabina from Nero, who must reluctantly bid farewell to her husband and take her place among the stars. 5106 exemplifies hexameters used for moral exhortation, emphasising moral purity and the afterlife.
5111 is a perplexing petition from temple officials with notable realia. 5114 publishes a new Severan consitution on intervals between successive appointments. 5116 records the earliest mention of Saloninus Caesar. 5118 reports proceedings at a Nile-god sanctuary. 5119 documents a man from Eleutheropolis, Palestine, residing in the Oxyrhynchite nome. 5123 reveals the estate of Apion purchasing wine from two of its coloni adscripticii before harvest, indicating more complex economic relations between estate and labourers than traditionally allowed.
Edited with translations and texts by A. Benaissa, with contributions from L. Berkes, A. N. Carvounis, R.-L. Chang, D. Colomo, N. Gonis, R. Hatzilambrou, W. B. Henry, Th. Kruse, N. Lewis, C. Luz, D. Montserrat, P. Schubert, J. D. Thomas, J. Yuan.
- ISBN: 978-0-85698-204-0 (hardback); 978-0-85698-070-1 (eBook)
- Series: Graeco-Roman Memoirs 98
- Published: 2011
- Size: 254 × 190 mm
- Pages: 188
Contents
Contents
Preface
Table of Papyri
List of Plates
Numbers and Plates
Note on the Method of Publication and Abbreviations
TEXTS
I. Septuagint (5101)
II. Hexameters (5102–5106)
III. Documentary Texts (5107–5126)
INDEXES
I. Hexameters
II. Rulers
III. Consuls
IV. Indictions and Eras
V. Months
VI. Dates
VII. Personal Names
VIII. Geography
IX. Religion
X. Official and Military Terms and Titles
XI. Professions and Occupations
XII. Measures
XIII. General Index of Words
XIV. Corrections to Published Texts
PLATES
Table of Papyri
I. Septuagint
| 5101 | LXX, Psalms (First/second century) |
II. Hexameters
| 5102 | Hellenistic(?) Hexameters (Early third century) |
| 5103 | Dionysius, Bassarica(?) (First/second century) |
| 5104 | Mythological Hexameters (Second/third century) |
| 5105 | Apotheosis in Hexameters (Third century) |
| 5106 | Exhortation in Hexameters (Early third century) |
III. Documentary Texts
| 5107 | Contract for the Employment of a Substitute in a Liturgy (27 Dec. 155 – 25 Jan. 156) |
| 5108 | Register of Liturgists (Second/third century) |
| 5109 | Loan of Barley (Sept.–Jan.(?) 162/3) |
| 5110 | Granary Account (After 23 June 189) |
| 5111 | Petition of Temple Personnel (Second/third century) |
| 5112 | Letter of Aurelius Onetor to Aurelius Phanias (212–246) |
| 5113 | Letter of Dorion to Phanias (Third century) |
| 5114 | Imperial Constitution (After 217) |
| 5115 | Application to an Archidikastes (Mid third century) |
| 5116 | Application to Notify the Registration of a Contract (13 Feb. 259) |
| 5117 | Sworn Declaration concerning Appearance in Court (17 May 264) |
| 5118 | Report of Proceedings (286–292?) |
| 5119 | Sale on Credit (28 Nov. – 27 Dec. 403) |
| 5120 | Order to Supply Meat (29 Nov. 465) |
| 5121 | Work Contract of Donkey Driver (29 April – 24 May 485) |
| 5122 | Loan of Money (13 Aug. 552) |
| 5123 | Agreement to Deliver Wine (29 April 555) |
| 5124 | Loan of Money (20 March c.579–95) |
| 5125 | Measurement of a Cistern (Sixth century) |
| 5126 | List of Cloth Items (Early seventh century) |
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