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Sworn declaration by priests of Zeus and Hera at Talao about their sons TM 15631Oxyrhynchos22. Dez. 131

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Sworn declaration by three priests of Zeus and Hera of the Greek temple at the village of Talao to the strategos Asklepiades and the royal scribe Hierax. Responding to an inquiry from the special account about their sons who paid the priestly entrance fee late, they swear that nothing is owed on their behalf and that such sons are not customarily examined by the chief prophet. Dated 22 December 131 in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

Talao. Of the priests of Zeus and Hera, year 15. … To Asklepiades, strategos, and Hierax, royal scribe, from An[…], son of Harmiysis, son of A[…], his mother being Tauris, and […], son of Anthestios, and Diogas, son of Horos, son of Horos, […], the three from the village of Talao, priests of Zeus and Hera of the Greek temple. With regard to the list from the special account (idios logos), from the accounts of year 15, transmitted for examination, of which this is a copy: "The undersigned minor sons of priests and of members of the priestly class, having reached the age of fourteen in the 15th year of Hadrian Caesar the lord, paid the entrance fee after the deadline. In order, therefore, that it may be examined whether anything is owed by their ranks to the public treasury or otherwise, and which of them are customarily examined by the chief prophet and received the certificate from him, it is transmitted. Lower toparchy, Talao, priests of Zeus and Hera of the Greek temple: […]miy[…], son of Ar[…]sios, his mother being Thaesis, daughter of Apollonios; Harmiysis, son of An[…], son of Harmiysis, his mother being […]; […] son of Diogas […]" [… lines lost …] […] greatest […] we declare, swearing by the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, that nothing is owed by the ranks of our above-written sons either to the public treasury or otherwise, and that it is not the custom for such persons to be examined by the chief prophet; otherwise may we be liable to the oath. Year 16 of the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, month Hadrianos 25. We, An[…], son of Harmiysis, and […]sios, and Diogas, son of Horos, have submitted this and sworn the oath. […] I wrote on their behalf, since they do not know letters.

The eiskritikon was the fee paid on admission of a priest's son into the priesthood. The idios logos was the Roman department handling irregular revenues and temple affairs.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sworn Declarations by Priests). 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 · 22. Dez. 131 · Oxyrhynchos

Ταλαὼ ἱερέων Διὸς καὶ Ἥρας ιε ἔτους. … Ἀσκληπιάδῃ στρατηγῷ καὶ Ἱέρακι βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ παρὰ Αν[…]Ἁρμιύσιος τοῦ Α[…]…[…] μητρὸς Ταύριος καὶ … …… τοῦ Ἀνθεστίου καὶ Διογᾶτος Ὥρου τοῦ Ὥρου αν… τῶν γ ἀπὸ κώμης Ταλαὼ ἱερέων Διὸς καὶ Ἥρας Ἑλληνικοῦ ἱεροῦ. πρὸς τὸ μεταδοθὲν εἰς ἐξέτασι…