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Temple inventory of cult objects and utensils TM 20939unbekanntca. 195

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Fragmentary inventory of temple property listing cult objects such as gilded and silver-covered wooden statuettes, shrines, a statuette of Isis, libation vessels and gold items with their weights, followed by a list of temple utensils. It refers to the annual returns priests and pastophoroi were required to submit and to a letter of Claudius Apollonios, a former royal scribe. It dates to about AD 195.

In English machine translation

[Column 1] [… 1 line lost …] […] gilded […] […] wooden, having a silver royal crown (basileion) […] statuette of 2 litras, of Nekthombos (?) […] coloured […] silver, in which are 6 silver leaves, weight 4 1/2 grammata […] silver, in which are 32 small silver leaves and […] weight 2 ounces 1 1/2 grammata […] wooden shrine, in which is a wooden statuette of Isis […] bronze libation vessel called Sebo[…] […] gilded. And of those that are […] in the sanctuary (abaton) with us, the […] […] having contributed (?) […] 1/2 […] […] called in Egyptian Sese, weight […] litras […] silver, called […] […] having wood inside […] with unstamped (silver), having leaves […] its ends […] because of the wood […] wooden shrine covered with unstamped (silver), called […] […] because it has wood inside […] 12 litras, gold, called in Egyptian […] […] 1 gold […], weight 10 1/2 ounces […] of the yearly returns of the […] to the priests and pastophoroi […] of the temples […] […] are obliged to produce […] of a letter written by Claudius Apollonios […] former royal scribe of the […] […] was made, and it is as follows: […] Neilammon, of the god […] […] able to be sold […] […] […] weight 1/2 mina […] weight 23 minas […] weight […] mina […] [Column 2] mustard pot (?) […] jar […] ring […] ladle […] […] water jar […] vessel […] inside mortar […] […] mustard pot (?) […] and […] incense burner […] […] small pots […] bowl […] […] bronze key […] weight […] water jar […] adze […] and […] lamp […] […]

Pastophoroi were a class of Egyptian temple priests who carried shrines; the abaton was the restricted inner sanctuary. Temple inventories of this kind were submitted yearly to the authorities.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tempelinventar). 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 · ca. 195

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