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p.monts.roca.4.66 II v.Chr.Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

Petition of the Priests of Seknebtynis via HGV-meta

Petition of the priests of Seknebtynis about sacrilege at the temple. Fragmentary petition from the priests of the temple of the great god Seknebtynis at Tebtynis to an official, complaining of sacrilege and plundering involving temple objects and threats to their lives. They ask that Pasis be sent with sword-bearers to bring the culprits before the official for punishment. Second century BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] … … […]…[…]συ…[…] καὶ ταυτ[…] […]ρων[…]…[…] τῶι ἱερῶι …[…]… […]…[…]αγμενι[…]ν καὶ …[…] τοῦ παστοφόρου […]… […]…[…]λλων στ[…]λας β καὶ …[…]… ια τὰ εὑρεθ[…] τωι […]…[…] καὶ παραδοθέντ[…]…[…]ει τῶι ἀρχιερεῖ […]…δε […]…ρι…[…] καὶ ἀποδόντος αὐτ[…] ἐπεποίητο λείαν […]θη […]…ιται α…[…] τῶν φιλανθρώπων ἐ…[…]ου ἱεροσυλίαν […]…[…]ον […]μενοι αὐτῶν κατασταθέντων αὐτῶν διὰ σοῦ τυχῶσιν τῆς ἁρμοζούσης ἐπιπλήξεως […]εκων …[…]σων καὶ ὁσα …[…]κατοποιουν η εὐσταθήσωσι ἐπιβε[…]εν καθ’ ὃν καιρὸν προσδεόμεθα. ἀξιοῦμεν σε ὄντες ἱερεῖς τοῦ ἱεροῦ θεοῦ μεγάλου Σεκνεβτύνιος μὴ περιιδεῖν ἡμᾶς ὑπὸ […]ατρεχομένους καὶ τῶι ζῆν εἰς τέλος κεκινδυνευκότας αὐτῶν […]δυσιαις ἱκαναῖς καὶ κραταιαῖς πρὸς δὲ τὸ μὴ εὐχερῶς ἐκφυγεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ […] διὰ τὸ … διδάσκειν αὐτάς […]… συντάξαι συμπέμψαι Πᾶσιν τῶν περὶ σὲ μαχαιροφόρων οἷς καὶ […] παρασταθήσονται ἐπί σε μετὰ τῆς ἐνδεχομένης ἀσφαλείας ἵνα […]…ης γενομένης ἐπί σου τυχῶσιν καταξίως ὧν προδιαπεπραγμένοι εἰσίν[…] τὸ λοιπὸν μηθένες ἄλλοι ἐν τοῖς ἡμετέροις τόποις ὑπάρχωσιν τὸν ὅμοιον […]… τούτου δὲ γενομένου ἐσόμεθα τετευχότες τῆς παρά σου εἰς τὸν βίον βοηθείας εὐτύχει

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] … … […] and these […] […] to the temple […] […] and […] of the pastophoros […] […] 2 stelai (?) and […] the things found […] […] and handed over […] to the high priest […] […] and having given back […] he had made plunder […] […] of the privileges […] sacrilege […] […] of them, so that when they have been brought before you they may meet with the appropriate punishment […] and whatever […] they may be at peace […] at the time when we are in need. We ask you, being priests of the temple of the great god Seknebtynis, not to overlook us being […] harassed (?) and having been in danger even of our lives at the end from them […] with sufficient and strong […], and so that they may not easily escape and […] because of teaching them […] to order that Pasis be sent with some of the sword-bearers attached to you, by whom also […] they will be brought before you with the appropriate security, so that […] having taken place before you, they may receive what they deserve for what they have previously done […] and that in future no others in our district may do the like […]. If this is done, we shall have obtained help from you for our livelihood. Farewell.

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Found at Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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