TY - JOUR
T1 - Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East
AU - Keenan, James G
N1 - Keenan, JG. Review of Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East by John Matthews. Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 43, 2006.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - In 1906 H. Bresslau published in APF 3 (pp. 168-172) a Strasbourg papyrus containing a letter of recommendation in Latin (now CPL 262) in favor of one Theophanes, a scholastikos from the city of Hermopolis in the Thebaid. Years later this letter found a much damaged twin in a papyrus housed in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, providing the essential link in what is now referred to as “the Theophanes archive.” The Rylands papyrus, P.Ryl. 4.623 (now CPL 263), was published in 1952 along with 34 other documents that make up the archive’s major portion (P.Ryl. 4.616-651; perhaps add 607). A second, smaller portion, five letters belonging to the Egypt Exploration Society, was published in 1964 (P.Herm.Rees 2-6). A succinct register of the archive’s documents, including one more letter found among the EES papyri, is set out in the present book, pp. xv-xvi. A detailed publication history of the archive, or archives, including references to stray pieces from what may be called Theophanes’ dossier, is given by H. Cadell, “Les archives de Théophanès d’Hermoupolis: documents pour l’histoire,” in L. Criscuolo and G. Geraci (eds.), Egitto e storia antica dall’ellenismo all’età araba (Bologna 1989) 315-323.
AB - In 1906 H. Bresslau published in APF 3 (pp. 168-172) a Strasbourg papyrus containing a letter of recommendation in Latin (now CPL 262) in favor of one Theophanes, a scholastikos from the city of Hermopolis in the Thebaid. Years later this letter found a much damaged twin in a papyrus housed in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, providing the essential link in what is now referred to as “the Theophanes archive.” The Rylands papyrus, P.Ryl. 4.623 (now CPL 263), was published in 1952 along with 34 other documents that make up the archive’s major portion (P.Ryl. 4.616-651; perhaps add 607). A second, smaller portion, five letters belonging to the Egypt Exploration Society, was published in 1964 (P.Herm.Rees 2-6). A succinct register of the archive’s documents, including one more letter found among the EES papyri, is set out in the present book, pp. xv-xvi. A detailed publication history of the archive, or archives, including references to stray pieces from what may be called Theophanes’ dossier, is given by H. Cadell, “Les archives de Théophanès d’Hermoupolis: documents pour l’histoire,” in L. Criscuolo and G. Geraci (eds.), Egitto e storia antica dall’ellenismo all’età araba (Bologna 1989) 315-323.
KW - Theophanes
KW - ancient Rome
UR - https://ecommons.luc.edu/classicalstudies_facpubs/83
M3 - Article
VL - 43
JO - Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
JF - Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
ER -