Upper Nile on Gardens of the Roman Empire

Garden in Panopolis

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Dates

unspecified

Excavation Dates

unexcavated

Garden Description

Located near the temple of Apollo (or Horos?) at Panopolis. Size not known. Known from inscriptions in verse set up by the owner, Ptolemagrios, a veteran of the Roman army, with dedications to Ares, Poseidon, Zeus, and probably Hades. Mentions persea and date palms. Owner seems to stress that he and his sons have worked themselves on the garden.

Bibliography

Welles, C.B. "The Garden of Ptolemagrius at Panopolis" in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 77 (1946), pp. 192-206. (JStor)

Keywords

inscriptions (AAT:300028702)

Places

Panopolis/Schmin (Pleiades:756613)
Akhmīm (inhabited place) (TGN:7001190)

Garden in village of Aphrodite

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Dates

6th century CE

Excavation Dates

unexcavated

Garden Description

Vineyard, reed plantation, orchard, olive grove, date-palm grove, mulberry grove, acacia grove, and garden, located in the western plain of the village of Aphrodite. Size not given. Leased in the 6th century for 4 years. Furnished with two cisterns (λάκκοι), a tower, a field lodge, a stable, a chaff storehouse. Surrounded by an unknown quantity of arable land to be planted. Rent of cash, wheat, and half-shares of the other produce: wine, citrons, olives, dates, and vegetables, not set out in detail.

Bibliography

P.Mich.13.666. (papyri.info)

Keywords

Places

Aphroditopolis/Aphrodito (Pleiades:756532)
Kawm Ishqâw (inhabited place) (TGN:7525636)

Vineyard and orchard in village of Aphrodite

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Dates

after 550 CE

Excavation Dates

unexcavated

Garden Description

Located in the western plain of the village. Size not given. Leased after 550 CE for an unknown period. Furnished with a palisade, open-air drying shed, chaff storehouse, and two wooden sakiyas. Includes palms, fruit orchard (πωμάριον), and olive orchard. Document is fragmentary and no doubt other things were mentioned.