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bgu.4.1198 5 - 4 v.Chr.Busiris (Herakleopolites)
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Petition of priests of Busiris to the prefect about the poll tax. Petition from the priest Soterichos, acting for himself and three fellow priests of Isis, Sarapis, Harpsenesis and Asklepios at Busiris in the Herakleopolite nome, to the prefect of Egypt Gaius Turranius. They complain that, though exempt from the poll tax since the time of Queen Cleopatra, in Augustus' 26th year the royal scribe Hepiodoros had them assessed for four years' poll tax and dike tax. machine translation
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Transcription
Γαίωι Τυρρανίωι
παρὰ Σωτηρίχου τοῦ Νούχιος ἱερέως προκεχειρισμένου δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν συνιερέων Ἁρυώτου καὶ Ἁρσιήσιος καὶ Σωτηρίχου ἱερέων Ἴσιδος καὶ Σαράπιδος καὶ Ἁρψενήσιος καὶ
Ἀσκληπιοῦ τῶν ἐν Βουσίρι τοῦ ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν
Ἡρακλεοπολίτου. μέγιστε ἡγεμών, ἐπάνωθεν καὶ τῶν τῆς βασιλίσσης χρόνων μέχρις
τοῦ πέμπτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ θεοῦ
καὶ Σεβαστοῦ Καίσαρος ἔτους οἱ τέσσαρες ἱερεῖς ὄντες ἐξ ἱερέων ἐξυπηρετοῦντες τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ
ποιούμενοι ἁγνείας καὶ θυσίας δύο
παρὰ δύο ἀπαρενόχλητοι γεγόναμεν ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας, τῷ δὲ ἐνεστῶτι κϛ ἔτει Καίσαρος
Ἠπιοδώρου τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως
τοῦ νομοῦ εἰσδόντος ἡμᾶς εἰς ἀπαίτησιν ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ἐπράχθημεν
ἐτῶν τεσσάρων ἕκαστος ἡμῶν …
ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ξδ καὶ χωματικῶν ἀργυρίου
δραχμὰς ρη. διὸ ἀξιοῦμεν.Translations (1)
To Gaius Turranius
from Soterichos son of Nouchis, priest, who has also been appointed by his fellow priests Haryotes and Harsiesis and Soterichos, priests of Isis and Sarapis and Harpsenesis and Asklepios, of the temples in Busiris of the Herakleopolite nome above Memphis.
Most great prefect, from earlier times, even from the times of the queen, down to the 25th year of Caesar, god and son of a god, we four priests, being of priestly descent, performing the services of the temples and carrying out purifications and sacrifices on alternate days (?), have been left undisturbed with regard to the poll tax. But in the present 26th year of Caesar, when Hepiodoros, the royal scribe of the nome, entered us for collection of the poll tax, we were made to pay for four years, each of us […] 64 drachmas of silver and 108 drachmas of silver for the dike tax. Therefore we ask […]
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- TM-Text 18648 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;4;1198 tier-1
- HGV-Text 18648 tier-1
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