The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt

Cover
The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt
Copyright
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Map of Egypt in the Ptolemaic period
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 A Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions
	1.3 The Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt
	1.4 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Imaging Inscriptions: The Kingston Lacy Obelisk
	2.1 The Obelisk in Philae
	2.2 Moving the Obelisk
	2.3 The Philae Obelisk and the Decipherment of Hieroglyphs
	2.4 New Images of the Obelisk
	2.5 The Results
	2.6 Philae in the News
Chapter 3: Beyond Rosetta: Multilingual Inscriptions, the Antiquities Trade, and the Decipherment of Egyptian Scripts
	3.1 Two Texts are Better than One
	3.2 An Inscription at Menouf
	3.3 The Decree in Honour of Kallimachos
	3.4 Foundation Plaques from a Temple of Hathor-Aphrodite
	3.5 A Sphinx from Koptos
	3.6 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Greek Texts on Egyptian Monuments
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Types of Egyptian Monuments
		4.2.1 Stelai (147 Items)
		4.2.2 Statues (18 Items)
		4.2.3 Door Lintels on Egyptian Temples (7 Items)
		4.2.4 Temple Furniture, e.g. Offering Tables (7 Items)
		4.2.5 Mummies (27 Items) and Sarcophagi (12 Items)
	4.3 Types of Greek Text
		4.3.1 Official Texts
		4.3.2 Private Texts
	4.4 Some Conclusions
		4.4.1 Dates
		4.4.2 Self-Identification and Onomastics
Chapter 5: The Epigraphy of the ‘Greek Cities’
	5.1 Introduction
	2 Naukratis
	5.3 Alexandria
	5.4 Ptolemais
		5.4.1 Citizenship and Population
		5.4.2 Governance
		5.4.3 Religion and Culture
	Appendix: A Note on the Dating of Inscriptions from Ptolemais
Chapter 6: Religious Life in Ptolemaic Alexandria under the Royal Aegis: An Overview of the Epigraphic Evidence
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 The Sarapieion and its Gods
		6.2.1 The Sarapieion under Ptolemy II
		6.2.2 The Sarapieion under Ptolemy III and IV
	6.3 The Sacred Topography of Alexandria
		6.3.1 Sarapis and Isis
		6.3.2 The Boubastieion
		6.3.3 Other Gods
	6.4 The Reign of Ptolemy IV
		6.4.1 The Reign of Ptolemy IV: Sarapis and Isis
		6.4.2 The Reign of Ptolemy IV: Other Gods
	6.5 The Dark Age of Alexandrian Epigraphy
	6.6 Conclusion
Chapter 7: Foundation Deposits from Third-Century BC Egypt
Chapter 8: Hellenistic Sacred Dedications: The View from Egypt
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Hellenistic Sacred Dedicatory Inscriptions
	8.3 Kleon and Antipatros
	8.4 Apynchis and His Family
	8.5 Greek and Egyptian Dedicatory Practices
	8.6 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 9: Soldiers in the Epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Soldiers on the Move
		9.2.1 Safe Travel, the Elephant Hunt, and Cities under Siege
	9.3 Groups of Soldiers Acting Together
	9.4 Avoiding Local Disruption by Foreigners
	9.5 Soldiers with Multiple Residences
	9.6 Military Hierarchy, Socio-Economic Status, and the King
		9.6.1 Army and Royal Cult in the Gymnasium
		9.6.2 The Economic, Military, and Familial Status of Soldiers
	9.7 Soldiers and Religion
		9.7.1 Soldiers and Egyptian Temple-Building
		9.7.2 Soldiers’ Petitions to the Kings for Rights of Asylia for Local Egyptian Temples
	9.8 Conclusion
Chapter 10: Inscriptions and Papyri: Two Intersecting Worlds
	10.1 Quantitative Overview
	10.2 Epigraphic Typology
	10.3 Temples and Cults
	10.4 Important Events
	10.5 Prosopographical Overlaps
		10.5.1 The Upper Class in Alexandria
		10.5.2 Local Elites
	10.6 Conclusion
Chapter 11: Epigraphic Habits of Private Associations in the Ptolemaic Chora
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Epigraphic Typologies
		11.2.1 Decrees
		11.2.2 Dedications
		11.2.3 Topos Inscriptions
	11.3. Inscriptions in the Visual Landscape
	11.4 The xenoi Apolloniatai of Hermopolis Magna
	11.5 Conclusions
Chapter 12:The Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions: The Metrical Texts
	12.1 Overview
	12. 2 The Sonic Epiphany of Pan (CPI 563 TM 81459, Appendix 12.1).
	12.3 The Herodes Dossier (CPI 403 and 404)
	Appendix
Chapter 13: The Palaeography of Ptolemaic Inscriptions from Egypt
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 The Egyptian Context
	13.3 Ptolemaic Palaeography
	13.4 Priestly Synod Decrees
		13.4.1 Priestly Synod Decree for Ptolemy Euergetes, 243 BC
		13.4.2 Kanopos Decree, 238 BC
		13.4.3 Raphia Decree, 217 BC
		13.4.4 Rosetta Stone Decree, 196 BC
		13.4.5 Discussion
	13.5 Case Studies
		13.5.1 The Decrees of Ptolemais
		13.5.2 Saviour Gods
		13.5.3 Boidas the Persian
	13.6 Identifiable Hands
	13.7 Conclusion
Appendix: List of Texts in the Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions
	Volume I: Alexandria and the Delta (1-206)
		Alexandria 31.12, 29.53; TM GEO 100; Pleiades 727070
			Civic Decrees
			Civic Institutions
			Dedications by and for the Royal House
			Dedications to the Royal House
			Dedications to Deities by Individuals
			Honorific Inscriptions for High-Ranking Individuals
			Funerary Monuments
			Miscellaneous
		Delta Sites
			El Kanais, n-w of Kafr el-Dauwar 31.7, 30.7; TM GEO 4403
			Lake Manzala Area 31.6, 32.12; TM GEO 3687
			Xenephyris (Kom el-Akhdar) 31.44, 30.83; TM GEO 31, 6066
			Taposiris Parva 31.27, 30.00; TM GEO 2261; Pleiades 727242
			Kanopos and Region 31.19, 30.4; TM GEO 1001; Pleiades 727242
			Mareia 31.15, 29.89; TM GEO 3431 Pleiades 727154
			Schedia 31.13, 30.19; TM GEO 2096; Pleiades 77221
			Psenamosis (Kom Tukala) 31.1; TM GEO 1151; Pleiades 727207
			Xois 31.1; TM GEO 2507; Pleiades 727256
			Damanhur Region 31.03, 30.47; TM GEO 817; Pleiades 727123
			Tanis (Sar el Hagar) 30.97, 31.87; TM GEO 2252; Pleiades 727236
			Psenemphaia 30.96, 30.13; TM GEO 1953; Pleiades 727208
			Kom Saggari 30.79, 30.60; TM GEO 1149
			Leontopolis (Tell el-Yahoudia) 30.49, 31.55; TM GEO 1239; Pleiades 727146
			Pharbaithos (Rosetta Region, Horbeit) 30.73, 31.62; TM GEO 2059, 1751; Pleiades 72719
			Kom el-Hisn 30.79, 30.60; TM GEO 1148; Pleiades 727165
			Leontopolis (Tell el-Moqdam) 30.68, 31.35; TM GEO 1238; Pleiades 727147
			Mehallet el-Kubra 30.96, 31.16; TM GEO 3669
			Sebennytos 30.96, 31.23; TM GEO 2104; Pleiades 727227
			Taposiris Magna 30.94, 29.51; TM GEO 2260; Pleiades 727241
			Thmuis (Tell Timai) 30.93, 31.51; TM GEO 2405; Pleiades 727249
			Pithom (Tell el-Maskhutah) 30.55, 32.09; TM GEO 2297
			Naukratis 30.90, 30.59; TM GEO 1424; Pleiades 727169
			Kom Abu Afrita (nw Delta) 30.90, 30.14; TM GEO 31
			Kom Sanhur (Senhu); TM GEO 1150
			Terenouthis 30.43, 30.81; TM GEO 2318; Pleiades 727244
			Boubastis 30.57, 31.50; TM GEO 462; Pleiades 727088
			Athribis 30.47, 31.18; TM GEO 369; Pleiades 727078
			Ghazin (Prosopites?) 30.25; TM GEO 714
			Nitria (Tell el-Barnugi) 30.92, 30.38; TM GEO 1473; Pleiades 727176
			Memphis 29.84, 31.25; TM GEO 1344; Pleiades 736963
	Volume II: The Fayum, Middle and Upper Egypt (207–409)
		Fayum Sites
			Soknopaiou Nesos 29.53, 30.66; TM GEO 2157; Pleiades 737053
			Philadelphia 29.45, 21.08; TM GEO 1760; Pleiades 737008
			Dionysias 29.40, 30.41; TM GEO 565; Pleiades 73690
			Karanis 29.51, 30.89; TM GEO 1008; Pleiades 736932
			Hawara 29.25, 30.89; TM GEO 747; Pleiades 736918
			Euhemeria 29.38, 30.53; TM GEO 675; Pleiades 736909
			Theadelphia 29.34, 30.49; TM GEO 2349; Pleiades 737081
			Krokodilopolis–Arsinoe 29.32, 30.83; TM GEO 327; Pleiades 736948
			Magdola 29.13, 30.58; TM GEO 1284; Pleiades 736893
			Narmouthis 29.19, 30.64; TM GEO 1421; Pleiades 73697
			Tebtynis 29.10, 30.76; TM GEO 2287; Pleiades 737072
			Arsinoite Nome, Provenance Uncertain; TM GEO 332
		Middle and Upper Egypt
			Aphroditopolis 29.40, 31.25; TM GEO 236; Pleiades 736889
			Herakleopolis 29.08, 30.93; TM GEO 801; Pleiades 736920
			Spania 28.73, 30.80; TM GEO 2813; Pleiades 737056
			Oxyrhynchos 28.54, 30.65; TM GEO 1524; Pleiades 736983
			Akoris (Tehna) 28.18, 30.77; TM GEO 2309; Pleiades 737077
			Speos Artemidos (Beni Hassan) 27.93, 30.88; TM GEO 3203; Pleiades 756625
			Antinoopolis 27.81, 30.88; TM GEO 2774; Pleiades 756518
			Hermopolis Magna 27.77, 30.80; TM GEO 816; Pleiades 756574
			Alabastron Polis 28.04, 30.84; TM GEO 2684; Pleiades 736885
			Koussai 27.43, 30.81; TM GEO 1176; Pleiades 756588
			Antaeopolis 26.89, 31.51; TM GEO 188; Pleiades 756515
			Tentyra–Dendera 26.14, 32.67; TM GEO 2312; Pleiades 786127
			Abydos (Memnoneion) 26.18, 31.91; TM GEO 34; Pleiades 756512
			Koptos 25.99, 32.81; TM GEO 1159; Pleiades 786010
			Hermonthis 25.55, 32.50; TM GEO 812; Pleiades 786036
			Ptolemais 26.47, 31.80; TM GEO 2023; Pleiades 756635
			Diospolis Parva 26.02, 32.31; TM GEO 577; Pleiades 756566
			Apollonopolis Parva 25.85, 32.71; TM GEO 270; Pleiades 7859475
			Eileithyiopolis (El-Kab) 25.11, 32.79; TM GEO 611; Pleiades 786020
			Hierakonpolis 25.09, 32.77; TM GEO 848; Pleiades 786037
			Deir el-Bahari 25.63. 32.56; TM GEO 1341; Pleiades 786067
			Kerameia-Madou 25.70, 32.70; TM GEO 1281; Pleiades 786088
			Diospolis and Thebaid 25.68, 32.63; TM GEO 576; Pleiades 786017
			Memnoneia (Syringes, Royal Cemetery) 25.63, 32.56; TM GEO 1341; Pleiades 786067
			Apollonopolis 24.97, 32.87; TM GEO 269; Pleiades 785974
			Gebel el-Silsila 24.48, 32.93; TM GEO 699; Pleiades 786118
			Omboi 24.28, 24.45; TM GEO 1589; Pleiades 786021
	Volume III: Southern Border, Oases, and Incerta (410-650)
		Southern Border
			Elephantine—Syene 24.80-24.09, 32.87-32.88; TM GEO 621, 2207; Pleiades 786021, 786123
			Sehel Island—Setis 24.09, 32.88; TM GEO 2105; Pleiades 786107
			Philae 24.02, 32.88; TM GEO 1767; Pleiades 786089
				Petitions
				Dedications by and for the Royal House
				Dedications to the Royal House
				Dedications to Deities by Individuals
				Proskynemata
				Honorific Inscriptions for High-Ranking Individuals
			Hiera Sykaminos 23.04, 32.68; TM GEO 846; Pleiades 795815
		Oases, Eastern Desert, and Coast
			Adulis 38.45; TM GEO 47, Pleiades 619285
			Siwa 29.20; TM GEO 149; Pleiades 716520
			Oasis Parva 28.32, 28.85; TM GEO 3168; Pleiades 716628
			Wadi Abu Diyeba 26.52, 33.75; TM GEO 698
			Kharga (Hibis Temple) 25.43, 30.55; TM GEO 2786; Pleiades 776181
			Wadi Bir el-Ain. 26.67, 31.83, TM GEO 2845
			Bir Alayyan 24.96, 33.73; TM GEO 2742
			Paneion, El Kanais 25.00, 33.31; TM GEO 2047; Pleiades 786040
			Pselkis 23.89, 32.83; TM GEO 1949; Pleiades 795846
			Berenike 23.91, 35.47; TM GEO 416; Pleiades 7859856
		Unknown or Uncertain Location
			Royal Edict
			Decrees
			Dedications by and for the royal house
			Dedications to Deities by Individuals
		Texts of Uncertain Ptolemaic or Roman Date
Bibliography
Index of Sources
	1. Index of Literary Passages Cited
	2. Index of Inscriptions Cited
	3. Index of Papyri and Ostraka Cited
Index of Places
Index of Names
	A. Personal Names
	B. Divine names
General Index