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Title Letter from Hierokles to Zenon
Publications P.Cair. Zen. 1 59060
More in series P.Cair. Zen.More in series P.Cair. Zen., vol. 1
SB III 6717
Sel. Pap. I 88
C.Ptol.Sklav. II 158b
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 77; IX 50; XI 54
Translations Metzger, Nachrichten aus dem Wüstensand (1974), Nr. 44.; White, Ancient Letters (1986), 15.; Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zenon (1983), S. 70; Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne (2003), Nr. 44
Origin Alexandria
More from Alexandria
Material Papyrus
Date vor 6. Mai 257 v.Chr.
More from the period before 257 BCE
Mentioned Dates
  • verso Z. 2:6. Mai 257 v.Chr.
Print Illustrations Pl. XVI; Seider, Paläographie III, 1, II Abb. 46 a, S. 232 und II Abb. 46, S. 233; Crisci, Scrivere greco, Tav. IV b
Subjects Brief (geschäftlich); Hierokles an Zenon; Ausbildung; Gymnasion
Images http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 718 [source]

Publications P. Cairo Zen. 1 59060 (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1925) = CPS 158 b (Scholl, Reinhold; 1990) = SB 3 6717 (Bilabel, Friedrich; 1926) = Sel. Pap. 1 88 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1932) = White, Light from ancient letters 15 (White, John Lee; 1986) = Annales du Service des antiquités de l‘Égypte (ASAE) 18 (1918), p. 227 (Zenon 11) (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1918)
Inv. no. Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 59060
Date BC 257 May 6 before (P02, year 29, Xandikos 03)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, L01 - Memphis[destination]; Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)[found]; Egypt, L00 - Alexandria[written]
Archive Zenon son of Agreophon
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: oxford-ipap.apis.543 [xml]

Title Letter from Hierokles to Zenon
Summary This letter is about a boy called Pyrrhos, who was being educated in Alexandria and was in particular being trained to compete in the public games. Zenon had written that they might train him if they were sure that he would win a prize, but that otherwise it would be a waste of money and would distract him from his studies. Hierokles replies that Ptolemaios the master of the palaestra is well pleased with the boy's progress and that they fully expect him to be successful. He asks Zenon to send him a number of articles required by Pyrrhos.
Citations P.Cair.Zen. 1 59060
P.Cair.Zen.:1:59060
Inv. Id JE48509
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 12 x 24
Origin Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
More from Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
Date Date of reception: About 5th May, 257 BC
More from the period between 257 BCE and 256 BCE
Note (local/note) CG59060
Subjects Documentary; Papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.cair.zen.1.59060 [xml]

257 BC Phil < Alexandria
[Reprinted from: sb.3.6717] SB 3 6717; P.Edg. 11

r
Ἱεροκλῆς Ζήνων̣[ι χ]α̣ίρειν. [εἰ ἔ]ρρωσαι, ἔχοι ἂν καλῶς· ὑγιαίνομεν δὲ κα̣ὶ ἡμεῖς. ἔ[γραψάς]
μοι περὶ Πύρρου, εἰ [μὲ]ν ἀκρει[βῶ]ς(*) ἐπιστάμεθα, ἀλείφειν αὐτόν, εἰ δὲ μέ(*), μ̣ὴ συνβῆ[ι ἀνήλω-]
μά \τε/ μάταιον προσπεσ̣εῖν καὶ [ἀ]π̣ὸ τῶν γραμμάτων ἀποσσπαθῆναι(*). π[ερ]ὶ μὲν οὖ[ν τοῦ με]
ἐπίσστασθαι(*) οἱ θεοὶ μάλιστʼ ἂν εἰδέησαν(*), Πτολεμαίωι δὲ φαίνεται, ὅσα κατʼ ἄ[νθρωπον],
5ὅτι τῶν νῦν ἀλιφομένων(*), οἳ προειλήφασιν χρόνον πολύν, πολὺ κρείττων π  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
καὶ σφόδρα ὀλίγου χρόνου πολὺ ὑπερέξει αὐτῶν· προσπορεύεται δὲ καὶ πρὸς̣ [ταῦτα]
καὶ πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ μαθήματα· σὺν δὲ θεοῖς εἰπεῖν, ἐλπίζω σε στεφανωθήσεσθαι. ἀπ[όστειλον]
δ\ὲ/ αὐτῶι ἐγλουστρίδα ὅτι τάχος, καὶ μάλιστα μὲν ἔστω τὸ δέρμα αἴγειον(*), εἰ δὲ μέ(*), [μόσχειον]
λεπτόν, καὶ χιτῶνα καὶ ἱμάτιον καὶ τὸ στρωμάτιον καὶ περίστρωμα καὶ προσ̣[κεφάλαια]
10καὶ τὸ μέλι. ἔγραψας δέ μοι θαυμάζεις εἰ μὴ κατέχω ὅτι τούτοις πᾶσι τέλος ἀκ̣[ολουθεῖ].
ἐπίσταμαι, ἀλλὰ σὺ εἱ̣κανὸς(*) εἶ διοικῶν ἵνα ἀποσταλῆι ὡς ἀσφαλέστατα. v
Ἱεροκλῆς περὶ Πύρρου.
(ἔτους) κθ, Ξανδικοῦ γ,
ἐμ(*) Μέμφει.
Ζ[ή]νωνι.

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^ r.2. l. ἀκριβῶς
^ r.2. l. μή
^ r.3. l. ἀποσπαθῆναι
^ r.4. l. ἐπίστασθαι
^ r.4. l. εἰδείησαν
^ r.5. l. ἀλειφομένων
^ r.8. A de Frutos García (from photo) (via PN) : αἴγειον prev. ed.
^ r.8. l. μή
^ r.11. l. ἱκανὸς
^ v.14. l. ἐν

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