R-ELATIONS OF PTOLEMIES VIII AND IX WITH THE TEMPLE OF CHNUM 23
tUt6 Tbv 0o)pcXvov Xop~6v. Wilcken, Chrest. 70, 9-11: T-oy~avogcv
cL,6&tai7ct~n0;(O tWTc 0001'a; ~dKa't a)Oct; X1)Xv(Ow icKt'iXa 'r&,vogtco6gEvc
Tto; 8oi--; E7tecXoi-Uv're; tidp 'rE coi- xxxi -r6~v ipoyovow. I Macc. 12.11: E'v
1Xav'riK(cipq!) a6xXI ero v 'stra; iopzai; iccd'raY;Xuri K wliaal;
ilgepxi; gitgV711KoJgtE0a 4LbgaV Ep' blv irpoapT(pFo~tev 0)aidv Icat ev Tacit;
irpomxxai;. Many more instances in the NT, e.g. Ephes. 1.15; 6.18:
rcpoacu~6jievot Evziav'rt xxxpw; I. Thes. 1.2; 2.13; 5.17; 2. Tim. 1.3; Phil. 1.4;
Rom. 1. 9-10.21 For "tcontinually" && icnav-r6; is also possible.
For this kind of royal prayers cf. OGI 90, 35-36: &AO' ('V
86s(wKo~tow OT(Ofl otOEMoi tyefrxv viicrjv ipao; xxil rTx a% a.xx a a &aO icav'a,
T'i; xcnt~sia; &cijievol3in; ci)T60icai t~oY; t6cvoi; ei; tbv &iravta Xpvov.V
OGI 332, 28-30: Kcd ~'rot; cpcs; icait&a; ispsfr; &votiýavta;T'oti; vaot;
t(OV oeSdv KatcCtt O0)v'a; 'rbv Xif~avoyrbv sixEOai vt~v t5 c Kc s; 'Ov act
Xpovov 86i66vat Po3wYtXFsi'AtTXt i (oi Xogi.rn'rpi 1CcdE*0sFpyFiT1t bi tyiav
GOWtf1lpa V VK71V ipoto; Kat ~1I tyii; Kat Ka'r cc aa'a - cdt
faTtcMitxav a o~t n agFvFsiv si; tOv iiavta ai6~vct &j3Xc43il gct& iraar;
qws~sfr-z;. M. Segre, Riv. Fil. 60 (1932) 446f., 1. 15-18: stIXFsoact i "v
totj; 'tspsi; Ki cc; t&;cpeia; ---856vat Paatcn~i Ei0'gcvFsi virv KaL icpato;
%ce % t&yiv cd ca~ xcoc~ccv ---. Somewhat similar ideas even in a
private letter, possibly inspired by these formulae, Witkowski, Epist.
priv. 62, 9-11. Jos., A.J. 7.24: God' s answer to Solomon's prayer at
accession (Hellenistic): o' 0s6; icd r6t Ta Tcaixxci icvO"'0Vw O~Kvi 1 cgoO10,
inxpaz tiiv Eicoyi~v &xociv,cyysitXaXto icXoiYtov 66'ýxv viiclv iCoXs-giowV--
(P-Adc~te iced Xt oY; ~C'yovoi; al)tol 7Voit riv ~ic v E'nd irXsit(YoV
b~riGXvcto Xpovov. Cf.- 7.357-58.
56 Cf. 1. 41. U'pX~aia and iraXcti6 are often coupled together. One
reference, Jos. A.J. 12.413. See also LSJ under the former.
56 There is a recurrent stock of vocabulary and phrases for
description of "fwild, uncultivated and desiccated"t areas. Diod. 1. 24., 6:
iccd got 'csict 11 ty Ainy''rov ii tTT1V tl0ctgc~tVl]Vx(O~pav gjxtc~i'Ol) VI)V
epflgovOV OCC~V KtOLi Olpub68r. 1. 30.2: F-pr~go; iced Orl~ptu6'8; tfi; AitPhi1;.
3.72.2: toXXi~v.&v CCv-0pov Xwpcxv, )Ko~i Xiyr1v 8-TprIgov Kal OTpUD,81.
19.97.3 (Nabateans plead before Demetrius): ilg&b; olioivta; ev epT~gAta
MA Segr,,CaraRhoos - (1938, p.1901 a (1) %6.o spiici
Ka T'ot;6tOvo;&X oovr;t;iot;01) )8(1t6 to)v I 1) vo--v IcPaprv
ct 6o ivioiic 'iv'8avXic,as justifictioxfo;th0ta
21icete eIniiv-tuy yA.DcsmanLch vmOsen r.byL R M trachan
Ligh fom theast (laste.LondnW97 ti eeal eonzdta h agaeo h
Ne etmn i agl dnticalwith he lter oine. VET~o Kt (
