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bgu.20.2845 51 - 49 v.Chr. (?)Phys (Herakleopolites)
Eingabe eines Priesters an den Strategen Soteles via HGV-meta
Petition of a priest of Demeter and Kore to the strategos Soteles about a tax. Petition from Kalathos, priest of Demeter and Kore at the Thesmophorion of the village of Phys, to Soteles, kinsman, strategos and official in charge of revenues. He complains that Horion is pressing him to pay a 'stater-tax' he has never paid before, and asks that Horion be ordered to stop, as with the Egyptian priests of the village, so he can continue his cultic duties. machine translation
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- Eingabe eines Priesters an den Strategen Soteles HGV-meta Phys (Herakleopolites)51 - 49 v.Chr. (?)
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Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
ἔτους β ο η
κπαρα πρ χρ
Σωτέλει συγγενεῖ καὶ στρατηγῶι καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν
προσόδων
παρὰ Καλάθου ἱερέως Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης
καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν τοῦ ἐν κώμηι Φῦς
Θεσμοφορίου. ἀνεγκλήτως παρεχόμενος
τὰς λειτουργίας καὶ τὰς θυσίας καὶ σπονδὰς
ἀναφέρων τοῖς θεοῖς ὑπὲρ σοῦ καὶ τῶν τέκνων,
οἷς καὶ εὐχόμενος διατελῶ διδόναι σοι χάριτας
μορφὴν πλοῦτον ὄλβον εὐτεκνίαν εὐπραξίαν,
ὅπως διευτυχῇς εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον,
παρὰ τὴν σὴν εὐσέβειαν ἐνοχλούμενος
ὑπὸ Ὡρίωνος ὡς πρὸς στατηρισμὸν
ἄλλοτε μὴ τετελεκότος μου πειρωμένου
ἐπὶ σοῦ τοῦ μεγίστου καινισμὸν κατεν-
π…ι…σ…ι ἠνάγκασμαι τὴν ἐπὶ σὲ
ποιήσασθαι καταφυγήν. ἀξιῶ, ἐὰν φαί-
νηται, παρεπιγράψαι τῶι Ὡρίωνι
μὴ παρενοχλεῖν με πρὸς στατηρισμὸν
καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν τῆι κώμηι Αἰγυπτίων
ἱερέων, ὅπως δύνωμαι τοῖς θεοῖς
τὰ νομιζόμενα καὶ τὰς ἐξῆς χρείας
ἀμέμπτως ἐπιτελεῖν […]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
Year 2 = 78(?)
Received(?) [...] (docket)
To Soteles, kinsman and [strategos and in charge of the] revenues,
from Kalathos, priest of Demeter [and K]ore and the other gods of the Thesmophorion in the village of Phys. Performing the liturgies blamelessly and offering the sacrifices and libations to the gods on behalf of you and your children, to whom I also continually pray to grant you favours, beauty, wealth, prosperity, fine children and success, so that you may be fortunate for all time, I, contrary to your piety, am being harassed by Horion regarding the stater-tax, which I have never paid before, he attempting before you, the greatest, an innovation [...]; I have been compelled to take refuge with you. I ask, if it seems good, that you write a note to Horion not to harass me regarding the stater-tax, just as in the case of the Egyptian priests in the village, so that I may be able to perform blamelessly for the gods the customary rites and the services that follow [...]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 316208 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;20;2845 tier-1
- HGV-Text 316208 tier-1
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