Record of Jews in the Egyptian Army of Ptolemy VIII
The Tebtunis Papyri is an archive discovered in Tebtunis, Egypt. The Papyrus number 1075, circa 2nd Century BCE, is a document listing names of people along with their origins, citing either Jew or Macedonian and was most likely a listing of a military unit in the Egyptian Army of King Ptolemy VIII.
Tebtunis Papyrus 1075
“…son of Hippodamus, a Jew,
…son of Straton, a Macedonian,
…son of Ptolemaios, a Macedonian,
...son of Sabbathaios, a Jew,
Dorion son of Dorion, a Macedonian,
Sarapion son of Demetrios, a Macedonian,
Dositheos son of Artemidoros, a Jew”
Tebtunis Papyrus 1075
Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
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The Tebtunis Papyri is an archive discovered in Tebtunis, Egypt. Papyrus 1075, c. 2nd Century BCE, is a document listing names of people with their origins, either Jew or Macedonian, most likely a listing of a military unit.
Tebtunis Papyrus 1075
“…son of Hippodamus, a Jew,
…son of Straton, a Macedonian,
…son of Ptolemaios, a Macedonian,
...son of Sabbathaios, a Jew,
Dorion son of Dorion, a Macedonian,
Sarapion son of Demetrios, a Macedonian,
Dositheos son of Artemidoros, a Jew”