Declaration of death
Chairemon and Maron inform Horos, village scribe of Tebtunis, of the death of a person (name lost in lacuna).
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 13461
Notice of death of a priest of the notable temple at Tebtynis TM 13461Tebtynis (Arsinoites)Between 27 Nov. and 26 Dec. 190 A.D.
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A death notice addressed to Horos, village scribe of Tebtynis, by Chairemon, a priest of Isis and Sarapis, and Maron, a priest of the notable temple at Tebtynis. They report that a priest of the same temple, whose name is partly lost, died in Choiak of Commodus' 31st year (AD 190) and ask that his name be entered among the dead; the scribe acknowledges receipt.
In English machine translation
To Horos, village scribe of Tebtynis,
from Chairemon son of Panomieus, priest of Isis and Sarapis from the village of Sobthis in the Herakleopolite nome, and Maron son of Pakebkis son of Zosimos, exempt priest of the notable temple in the village of Tebtynis, both guardians (?) of […]ion son of Pakebkis, likewise priest of the same notable temple. […]ion died in the present month Choiak of the current 31st year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, and I ask that his name be entered in the list of the deceased, as is done in similar cases.
I, Chairemon, have submitted this.
I, Maron, have submitted this jointly.
I, Horos, village scribe, have received the copy of this pending examination.
Year 31 of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, […] Choiak.
The 'notable' (logimon) temple was a first-rank temple; 'exempt' priests were freed from the poll tax, so their deaths had to be reported to remove them from the registers. The word translated 'guardians' (epitropoi) is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notice of Death). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
c.pap.gr.2.1.64
Ὥρῳ κωμογραμματεῖ Τεπτύνεως παρὰ Χαιρήμονος Πανομιέως ἱερέως Ἴσιδος καὶ Σεράπιδος ἀπὸ κώμης Σόβθεως τοῦ Ἡρακλεοπολίτου νομοῦ καὶ Μάρωνος Πακήβκεως τοῦ Ζωσίμου ἱερέως ἀπολυσίμου τοῦ ἐν κώμῃ Τεπτύνει λογίμου ἱεροῦ ἀμφοτέρων ἐπιτρόπων […]…[…]ίωνος Πακήβκεως ὁμοίως ἱερέως τοῦ αὐτοῦ λ…