RELATIONS OF PTOLEMIES VIII AND IX WITH THE TEMPLE OF CHNUM 19
Oebv acoi 8t' i&;a5. E.g. RC 27, 5-8: EigtE; 8e 6mi rcd 6& tbv Oeyv i K th 6ti1v
it6%v pooaE&Y)gLeOcf.
29-30 Cf. Syll. 700,45: npovoiOevTov Ti; d&vaypwpij; Iad i;
&va6E&ow;o T&v Te roktTcppyXov Kc wiT) rogiou. RC 13, 13-15: cahx'; 6'&v
1nolloatLe --- Ka IXO0' 0 0t v oGyX(0pfloS Tfv Avaypa0prv xonodGLEVOt ---
Kai EvTE; ei; Tb Oep6v. 37, 8-10: Yva 6E Ka c t& &vtiyppa &vCvaypaqpvta
ei; GT1TIrV &lvXtEsOip v t enta(PCVEGda0t t6onoat RpovoiO ntt. L. Robert,
Sinuri, p. 12, 4-7: iKak@; v I o'v oticoj]a ouvTria; Tv airbv
n[povorofivvat ino; I vwypC(Pif txTOCtOa Cv i tjri Xt Civrit Kai Ev T6Ot iepCot I
0vatcOi1t.5 Wilcken, Chrest. 70, 19-22: 1ineip Ov Kat ypapivact
AtooKroupi6( tT< ayyevei Kta otpat7yit toI) v6gol ipovrjOijvat 0); &t
o,~rl; --- Evywhu)o(Pstac iti p Te o0) Kcct Td)v poy6ovy i1 to) 6flougFvo)
trpoU doahukf.
34 Ditt., OG1 168, arccc ticv hiftiv, but see his n. 52. Cf. Woess,
Asylwesen, p. 248, 27: esivct t C gawtVOgsVa tepoX irnoca. C. Ord. Ptol.2
47, 31-32: Lo>; Ca i (ngatv6gvxat tig; Osx; pGo8oot g vmexot [d0gest]KiVTtO1
(FP). Wilcken, Chrest. 70, 13-17: 6E6CgsOa --- Ti OngLtvogeVOv EPOV ---
Eivat dol)ob;.
37-38 The phrase is formulaic and largely ceremonial, but
without some real services the petitioners could hardly have made
such a claim and the royal chancery would not repeat it just for
politeness. That is probably an event that had occurred under the
king's father. It was a good form to invoke and to remember such
merits. Cf. e.g. RC 45, 3-7: napetoLYanghVOV ti; XPsia; gEtc ierecni;
El )VOiac ti(Ot TE t aXpt fp<)^v Kai tO)t da6EX(patO Ki 7Ccd iv, Kmi v tot;
&vaywatotrtot; Kctpot; neotirgVOV ccno~siEst; KtEvEi; tij; iCp6; T&
npcygjxatrcn aipEe6o. 63, 7-9: KoX Lv Etot;i vwyK01to]tatot; Kotpot; iioteo;
tai ELvoi(X dotoa EiS41F (PaXV]Epc[ d4n]o6sid([a]vta;. 71, 4-9: EXUKEiS ---
toni ixtpi flWV tV --- Tv Xpo;()tOV SlyVOtXV --- LV to' t; Et[yolUt Kacc
6vayxat]otdrot; Katpot; dcxoetal~gvoou;. C. Ord. Ptol. 2 62, 11-12:
xpeua; nefioou; Kea tavayafai; nxapex6gevo;. Item 63, 8. Wilcken, Chrest.
447, 4-6: Ho1ka&; Xpesic; napeoXvgeI&vwv i gv inr1 ioXX6K]t; KT1 X t[C]v
n1Egov --- Tv ot;S Wo. ' vvayiccatoaott; [kactpot;. Cf. Syll. 569,5; 570,
10; Pol. 21.20.9; Jos., A.J. 13.65 (Onias to P. VIII and Cleopatra), but
much more can be added.
40-42 The antiquity, rank and reverence of temples is often
invoked and with predilection. Cf. e.g. Woess, Asylwesen, p. 246, inscr.
4-10: oi iEps;i "IcnJo; EXqno; OES) LEyi(Ttrl; ---. To' i taa6pougevov
itpolo vto; ayiou iEt dcic T6v ipoy6vo v o), J.Lytore pfcotkeM, Kac t gfi;
K(Xi npoE8p ic KC Ic K(Xta Toi );6tYeFVov6tx; Xp6voU); teeUxIoto;. Ibid., p.
15 Supplevi, Opuscula Atheniensia 18.9 (1990), 153.
