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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Part X THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART X GRENFELL AND HUN2 EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND GRAECO-ROMAN BRANCH THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART X EDITED WITH TRANSLATIONS AND NOTES BY BERNARD P. GRENFELL, D.Litt. LITT.D. HON. HON. DUBLIN; PH.D. KOENIGSBERG ; HON. IUR.D. GRAZ FELLOW OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD; FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTHUR S. HUNT, D.Litt. IUR.D. ATHENS AND GLASGOW HON. PH.D. KOENIGSBERG ; HON. LITT.D. DUBLIN ; HON. GRAZ; HON. LL.D. PROFESSOR OF PAPYROLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND FELLOW OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY ; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL BAVARIAN MEMBER OF THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND LETTERS WITH SIX PLATES LONDON SOLD AT The Offices of the EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND, 37 Great Russell St., W.C. and 527 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., 68-74 Carter Lane, E.C. BERNARD QUARITCH, 11 Grafton St., New Bond St., W. ASHER & CO., 14 Bedford St., Covent Garden, W.C, and 56 Unter den Linden, Berlin and 100 Princes Edinburgh and MILFORD C. F. CLAY, Fetter Lane, E.C, Street, ; HUMPHREY Amen Corner, E.C, and 29-35 West 32ND Street, New York, U.S.A. 1914 All rights reserved OXFORD HORACE HART PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY PREFACE Of the new literary pieces here published, 1231 and 1233-5 pro- ceed from the second of the large literary finds of 1906, with some small additions from the work of the next season. The remainder, with the extant and non-literary papyri, were for the most part found in 1903-4. It is a great pleasure to be able to restore to the title-page of this volume the name of the friend and colleague whose absence during the last five years has been so much regretted. The earlier portion of the book was already in shape when Dr. Grenfell came back to Oxford, but he has shared in the editing of the non-literary texts, besides helping materially in the revision of the whole. In future we hope to return to the old division of labour, and so by degrees to reduce the arrears in the publications of the Graeco-Roman Branch. To Professor U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff I am under fresh obligations for most generous assistance in connexion with the new classical texts, 1231-41. Professor U. Wilcken has repeated his kind service of reading the non-literary documents in proof and affording the benefit of his criticism and Professor L. as on ; Mitteis, many previous occasions, has given valuable advice on some points of Graeco-Roman law. To these scholars, as to one or two others from whom occasional welcome contributions have been received, belong the hearty thanks of both the editors of this volume and its readers. ARTHUR S. HUNT. Queen's College, Oxford, Jan., i 91 4. CONTENTS page Preface ........... v List of Plates .......... viii Table of Papyri ......... ix Note on the Method of Publication and List of Abbreviations xiii TEXTS I. Theological Fragments (1224-1230) i II. New Classical Texts (1231-1242) 20 III. Extant Classical Authors (1243-1251) II 9 IV. Documents of the Roman and Byzantine Periods l62 (a) Official (1252-1257) (b) Declarations to Officials (1258-1269) 178 200 (c) Petitions (1270-1272) (d) Contracts (1273-1282) . 207 (e) Taxation (1283-1285) . 227 (/) Accounts and Lists (1286 1290) 236 (g) Private Correspondence (1291-1300) 243 (h) Miscellaneous Minor Documents (1301-1350) 256 INDICES I. New Literary Texts : (a) 1231-4 (Sappho and Alcaeus) 265 2 {6) Other Texts . 73 II. Emperors 280 III. Consuls, Eras, Indictions 282 IV. Months and Days . 283 V. Personal Names 283 VI. Geographical 291 VII. Religion 293 Vlll CONTENTS PAGE VIII. Official and Military Titles 294 IX. Weights, Measures, Coins 295 X. Taxes ....... 296 XI. General Index of Greek and Latin Words 297 XII. Index of Passages discussed . ; 3* 1 LIST OF PLATES I. 1224 Fr. 1 recto, Fr. 2 verso, 1232 Fr. 1, Cols, i -111 II. 1231 Frs. 1, 10, 56 . III. 1233 Fr. 1, Col. ii, Frs. 2, 8 1- at the end. IV. 1234 Fr. 2 V. 1225, 1238, 1249, 1271 . VI. 1250 Cols, i-ii .... TABLE OF PAPYRI (An asterisk denotes texts not printed in full) TABLE OF PAPYRI A. D. 1254. Publication of an Appointment . 1255. Affidavit of Comarchs . 1256. List of Priests under age 1257. Statement concerning a Decaprotus 1258. Promise of Attendance 1259. Declaration of a Shipper 1260. Declaration of a Shipper 1261. Declaration concerning Commissariat 1262. Receipt of Seed-corn . 1263. Announcement concerning Practice of a Trade 1264. Notification of Inviolability 1265. Affidavit of Priestly Rank . 1266. Examination for Membership of the Gymnasium 1267. Registration of a Child 1268. Registration of a House after Purchase 1269. List of Property 1270. Notification through the Archidicastes 1271. Petition to the Praefect 1272. Complaint of Theft . 1273. Marriage-contract 1274. Appointment of a Representative 1275. Engagement of Musicians . 1276. Sale of House-property 1277. Sale of a Triclinium . 1278. Division of Usufruct of a Pigeon-house 1279. Lease of State Land . 1280. Partnership in a Lease 1281. Loan 1282. Repayment of a Loan 1283. Revenue-return .... 1284. Receipt for Tax on Sales 1285. List of Village Payments . 1286. Account of Receipt and Expenditure 1287. Survey-list 1288. Private Account .... 1289. Private Accoum .... 1290. List of Articles .... 1291. Letter of ZoVs .... 1292. Letter of Ilermogeii' 1293. Letter of Theon .... TABLE OF PAPYRI XI A. D. PAGE 1294. ,/ XI 1 TABLE OF PAPYRI 1331. Receipt for Dues 1332. Receipt for Corn 1333. *Account : Order for Payment *1334. NOTE ON THE METHOD OF PUBLICATION AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS The general method followed in this volume is the same as that in Parts I-IX. Of the new literary texts, 1224 and 1231-4 are printed in a dual a literal a reconstruction in modern form, transcript being accompanied by style ; 1242 is given in modern form only. In the others, and in the fragments of extant authors, the originals are reproduced except for division of words, capital initials in proper names, expansion of abbreviations, and supplements of lacunae. Additions or corrections by the same hand as the body of the text are in small thin type, those by a different hand in thick type. Non-literary documents are given in modern form with accentuation and punctuation. Abbreviations and are resolved additions and corrections are in the symbols ; usually incorporated text, their occurrence being recorded in the critical apparatus, where also faults of orthography, &c, are corrected if they seemed likely to give rise to any difficulty. Iota adscript has been printed when so written, otherwise iota is brackets indicate a round brackets subscript employed. Square [ ] lacuna, ( ) the resolution of a symbol or abbreviation, angular brackets ( ) a mistaken letter or double omission in the original, braces { } a superfluous letters, square brackets a deletion in the Dots within brackets [[ [J original. placed represent of letters lost or deleted dots outside brackets indicate the approximate number ; mutilated or otherwise illegible letters. Letters with dots underneath them are to be considered doubtful. Heavy Arabic numerals refer to the texts of the Oxyrhynchus papyri in this volume and in Parts I-IX, ordinary numerals to lines, small Roman numerals to columns. The abbreviations used in referring to papyrological publications are : — practically those adopted in the Archiv fiir Papyrusforschung, viz. P. Amh. = The Amherst Papyri (Greek), Vols. I-II, by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt. Archiv = Archiv fiir Papyrusforschung. B. G. U. = Aeg. Urkunden aus den K. Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden. = in Vols. F. G. P. Brit. Mus. Greek Papyri the British Museum, I-II, by Kenyon ; Vol. F. G. and H. I. Bell Vol. H. I. Bell. Ill, by Kenyon ; IV, by C. C. P. Herm. = Corpus Papyrorum Hermopolitanorum, Vol. I, by Wessely. xiv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS C. P. R. = Corpus Papyrorum Raincri, Vol. I, by C. Wessely. P. Cairo Cat. = Catalogue des Antiquites egyptiennes du Musee du Caire, Papyrus grecs d'epoque byzantine, Vols. I—II, by J. Maspero. P. Cairo Preis. = Gricchische Urkunden des Aeg. Museums zu Kairo.. by F. Preisigke. P. Fay. = Fayum Towns and their Papyri, by B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, and D. G. Hogarth. P. Flor. = Vol. G. Vitelli Vol. D. Papiri Fiorentini, I, by ; II, by Comparetti. P. Gen. = Les Papyrus de Geneve, Vol. I, by J. Nicole. P. Giessen — Gricchische Papyri zu Giessen, Vol. I, by E. Kornemann, O. Eger, and P. M. Meyer. P. Goodsp. = Greek Papyri from the Cairo Museum, by E. J. Goodspeed (University of Chicago Decennial Publications). P. Grenf. = Greek Papyri, Series I, by B. P. Grenfell, and Series II, by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt. P. Hamburg = Gricchische Urkunden der Hamburger Stadtbibliothek, Parts 1-2, by P. M. Meyer. P. Hibeh = The Hibeh Papyri, Part I, by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt. P. Leipzig = Gricchische Urkunden der Papyrussammlung zu Leipzig, Vol. I, by L. Mitteis. = P. Munich Veroffentlichungen aus der Papyrussammlung zu Mlinchen, Part i, by A. Heisenberg and L. Wenger. P. Oxy. = The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Parts I-VI, by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Parts A. S. Hunt. Hunt ; VII-IX, by P. Par. = Les Papyrus grecs du Musee du Louvre, Notices ct Extraits, t. xviii. 2, by W. Brunet de Presle and E. Egger. P. Petrie = The Flinders Petrie Parts P. Part Papyri, I-II, by J. Mahaffy ; III, by J. P. Mahaffy and J. G. Smyly. P. Reinach = Papyrus grecs et demotiqucs, by Theodore Reinach.
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