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A property declaration made in AD 299 at Panopolis by Aurelius Horion, chief prophet of the city's temples, to the census official Aurelius Chrysippos under an imperial edict. It lists his shares, attached to the office of prophet, of temple land held in common by the priests, plot by plot in the metropolis area and the Middle toparchy, with land types and areas.
The census of Diocletian's Tetrarchy required such declarations; areas are given as a fractional share of each larger plot. 'Pentaphylia' refers to the five tribes (phylai) of the Egyptian priesthood.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deklaration von Tempelland). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Declaration of property from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Aurelius Horion (son of Petearbeschinis), chief prophet (a priest) of Panopolis, to Aurelius Chrysippos, official in charge of the land survey of the Panopolite Nome, in accordance…
[column i] ἐπὶ ὑπάτων τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Διοκλητιανοῦ τὸ ἕβδομον καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τὸ ἕκτον Σεβαστῶν Αὐρηλίῳ Χρυσίππωι τῶι διασημοτάτωι κηνσίτορι νομοῦ Πανοπολίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ὡρίωνος Πετεαρβεσχίνιος ἀρχιπροφήτου ἱερῶν πρωτολογίμων Πανὸς πόλεως καὶ τῶν ὑποστελλόντων ἱερῶν. κατὰ τὸ θε…
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