The endelechisterion of Kronos

• Verfasst von: Ast, Rodney [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bagnall, Roger S. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The endelechisterion of Kronos
• Verf.angabe: Rodney Ast, Roger S. Bagnall
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Verlagsort: Heidelberg
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Verlag: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: 26. November 2018
• Jahr des Originals: 2009
• Jahr: 26. November 2018
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (6 Seiten)
• Fussnoten: Aus: Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete, 55 (4 February 2009), Nr. 2. pp. 193-198. ISSN 1867-1551 ; Keywords: Berenice, ostraca, Red Sea, water supply, Kronos, Geb
• DOI: doi:10.1515/APF.2009.193
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-249315
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1653730994
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Abstract

Abstract: Ostraka from the 2009 season at Berenike on the Red Sea coast record the delivery of fresh water to the port, which did not have a local supply, in camel-loads of wine amphoras. The sources were evidently forts 7.2–8.5 km distant. Three of these ostraka refer to the deliverers (identifiable from other ostraka as camelitai from Coptos) as “those from the endelechisterion of the supreme god Kronos.” The derivation and meaning of this term, the identification of Kronos with Geb, and the organization of the water supply are explored.