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TM GeoRef 7865

"εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν"

= an attestation of TM Geo 1760 in TM 2029, 4

(two brothers offer their service as weavers:) 'For hearing of the reputation of the city (polis) and that you, its leading man, are a good and just person, we have decided to come to Philadelpheia to you, we ourselves and our mother and wife'

TM Geo: Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)

Source: PSI 4 341

Date: BC 256 Nov 22 before

Provenance: Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) - Egypt [find place & destination]
Arsinoites (Fayum) ? - Egypt [written]

Language/script: Greek

Material: papyrus

Completely preserved

Stable URI (with TM Georef ID): www.trismegistos.org/georef/7865 Copy URI to clipboard

GeoRef information

Standardized name: Φιλαδέλφεια

Geographic term: polis (l. 3)

Construction: eis + acc.

Semantics: direction

Bibliography: Skeat, P. Lond. 7, 1974, p. 44

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2 references to places in this text

TM GeoRef ID	Line	Attested name	Place	Context

7865	4	εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν	00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) (TM Geo 1760)	(two brothers offer their service as weavers:) 'For hearing of the reputation of the city (polis) and that you, its leading man, are a good and just person, we have decided to come to Philadelpheia to you, we ourselves and our mother and wife'
92327	10	ἐν Μοιθυμει	L01 - Moithymis (Meidum) (TM Geo 1386)