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Notice of death of a young priest of Soknopaios TM 11718Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)11. Nov. 170

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A death notice submitted to Pasion, village scribe of Soknopaiou Nesos, by the priest Tesenouphis, reporting that his underage kinsman Harpagathes, also a priest of the god Soknopaios, died in Phaophi and asking that his name be entered among the deceased. The scribe acknowledges receipt; the document dates to 11 November 170 AD.

In English machine translation

To Pasion, village scribe of Soknopaiou Nesos, from Tesenouphis son of Satabous, from the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, priest of the 5th tribe of Soknopaios, the great, great god. My kinsman Harpagathes son of Satabous son of Satabous, his mother being Herieus, from the same village, priest of the 5th tribe of the same god, a minor, died in the month of Phaophi of the present 11th year of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord. Therefore I submit (this notice) and ask that his name be entered in the list of the deceased. I, Pasion, village scribe, have received a copy of this for examination. Year 11 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord, Hathyr 15.

The emperor named is Marcus Aurelius. Registering a death removed the person from tax and priestly rolls; the deceased is described as aphelix, below the age of liability.

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 · 11. Nov. 170 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

Πασίωνι κωμογραμματεῖ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου παρὰ Τεσενούφεως Σαταβοῦτος ἀπὸ κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου ἱερέως ε φυλῆς Σοκνοπαίου θεοῦ μεγάλου μεγάλου. ὁ συνγενής μου Ἁρπαγάθης Σαταβοῦτος τοῦ Σαταβοῦτος μητρὸς Ἑριέως ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης ἱερεὺς ε φυλῆς τοῦ αὐτοῦ θεοῦ ἀφῆλιξ ἐτελεύτησεν τῷ Φ…