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Receipt for priestly admission fee paid by Tesenouphis at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11710Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)23. Aug. 164

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A receipt recording that Tesenouphis son of Satabous, a priest of the fifth tribe, paid the fee for the admission of priests at Soknopaiou Nesos, 20 drachmas for the temple of Soknopaios and 8 drachmas for that of Hermes, with surcharges. It is dated 23 August 164 under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

In English machine translation

Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus, Augusti, Mesore 30. For the account of Mesore, Tesenouphis son of Satabous son of Satabous, his mother being Stotoetis, priest of the 5th tribe, has paid for the admission (eiskrisis) of priests of Soknopaiou Nesos: of the god Soknopaios, for year 4, twenty drachmas, total 20 drachmas, additional charges 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols, receipt fee 3 obols; of Hermes, eight drachmas, total 8 drachmas, additional charges 3 obols, receipt fee 3 obols.

The eiskrisis was the fee paid to the state for admission into the priesthood. The extra charges (prosdiagraphomena and symbolikon) were standard surcharges and a fee for issuing the receipt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 23. Aug. 164 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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