2 invitations from 100s CE Egypt
What's your perspective on a few questions I have about interpreting these two invitations:
ἐρωτᾷ σε Ἀπίων δειπνῆσαι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Σα̣ραπείου εἰς κλείνην(*) τοῦ κυρίου Σα̣ράπιδος τῇ ιγ ἀπὸ ὥρας θ.
My chief questions:
1. Is Apion the guest?
2. Is “in the house of Sarapion” = the address of the event OR does it mean “with/among the Sarapion household/family” ?
3. If “in the house of Sarapion” = the geolocation, then isn’t it redundant to also say “at the table of Mr. Sarapion”?
Source:
p.oxy.3.523 = HGV P.Oxy. 3 523 = Trismegistos 28363 = michigan.apis.1264The second invitation includes this:
εἰς ἱέρωμα τῆς κυρίας
Ἴσειδος ἐν τῷ Ἰσείῳ
My chief questions here:
1. What is the ierōma?
2. Is this an invitation to meet at a separate religious building with Mr. Iseidos's household OR is this a household shrine within the house OR something else?
Source:
p.oxy.66.4539 = HGV P.Oxy. 66 4539 = Trismegistos 78608Most Obliged,
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