Petition [between 150 B.C. and 144 B.C.] 150 BCE – 144 BCE
Description
Papyrus petition from the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Written by Petosiris, son of Petosiris, priest of the shrine of hawks in Oxyrhyncha. Written against Apollonios, the deputy strategos, or highest official in the region. During a recent visit Apollonios had Pais, the son of Petosiris' older brother, taken to the threshing floor, where they presumably took the priests' provisions away. Petosiris requests that they are restituted so that they can continue feeding and mummifying the hawks. Farewell reads, "Good luck." P.Duk.inv. 714 is another copy(?) of this petition in the same hand
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 41488.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Eingabe an einen Beamten HGV-meta Oxyrhyncha (Arsinoites)-140
Cross-references (4)
- TM-Text 41488 primary
- APIS-Text duke.apis.31194812 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text sb;26;16743 tier-1
- HGV-Text 41488 tier-1
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