Tiberius Julius Alexander
(0368) Text: Μεττίο[υ] Ῥο[ύφου …] | (ἔτους) ι’ Δομιτιανοῦ [τοῦ κυρίου …] | σαι οσαι εκ[…] | πρὸς Ἡρακλείδη[ν …] | Μέττιος Ῥοῦφος […] | ὄντων ἀνεκ[…] | το κατὰ λέξιν δ[…] | […]κο[…]και[…]ν̣[…] | τετελευτηκότω[ν …] | γενόμενι ἐπιου[…] | κατέλιπον περὶ το[…] | γον φανερὰν γε[… τὴ]ν τῶν ἐγκε- | κληκότων ἐπηρείαν· εἰς δὲ τὸ μέλλον τοὺς | […]α[…]ς αὐτο[…]ραδ[…]ει[…]ει | καὶ ζημίαις [καὶ ν]ουθεσίαις ἀνακο[…] | Ἀλεξάνδρου […] ταμιακὰ τῶι χρόνωι | κεκριμένα α[…]ουσ[…]κης πρ[…] ἐξουσία[…] | […]ι καὶ τὰ ὁμόλογα παραγράφ[εσθ]αι δυνά- | μενον ὥστε π[…]ι[…]δ[…]εσθαι ἅπα- | σαν μηκέτι ἀκούεσθαι· (ἔτους) β’ Σερουίου Γάλβα | Τῦβι κδ’.
Translation: Of Mettius Rufus […] year 10 of our lord Domitian […] to Herakleides […] Mettius Rufus […] according to what was said […] of the deceased […] becoming […] they left […] the abusive practices of the objectors having become obvious. And for the future […] by penalties and admonishments […] by an edict of Tiberius Julius Alexander […] adjudged to the treasury in the course of time […] ousiac land […] power […] being able to cancel the agreements so that […] no single one is heard of again. Year 2 of Servius Galba, Tybi 24.
Provenience: Arsinoite nome, Egypt 19 Jan 69 CE
Commentary: The text reproduced here is part of a larger papyrus, with unrelated content written two decades later by Mettius Rufus. Tiberius Julius Alexander is significant for a number of reasons, being a Jewish man who both served as governor of Judaea (46-48 CE) and participated in the siege of Jerusalem in the Judaean War. Much has been written about him and his pursuits are attested by Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius, among others. For additional documents attesting him, see §372, §366, §367, §368, §369, §370, §148.
Bibliography: SB 5.8025; CPJ 418d*