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An extract copied from an edict of Titus Haterius Nepos, prefect of Egypt, regulating temple discipline. It orders the pastophoroi and other temple staff to carry out their own duties, not take up other occupations, avoid woollen clothing and wear the sacred customary dress. It is dated to the epagomenal days of year 4 of Hadrian, AD 120.
Pastophoroi were lower-ranking temple servants, literally 'shrine-bearers'. Egyptian priests were traditionally forbidden to wear wool and wore linen instead.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Extrait d’un édit de T. Haterius Nepos sur la discipline des temples). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
The papyrus is preserved in six vertical strips, breaks occurring where the sheet was originally folded. On the right one or two more strips are missing. The hand is a large neat and rather carefully executed cursive. The extract comes from an edict which must have been one of th…
κεφάλαιον ἐκ διατάγματος Τίτου Ἁτερίου Νέπωτος ἐπάρχου Αἰγύπτου. καὶ τοὺς παστοφόρους καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους χρειακοὺς πάντας προσεδρεύοντας τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἕκαστον ποιεῖν τὰς αὑτοῦ ὑπηρεσίας καὶ μὴ τρέπεσθαι πρὸς ἑτέρας χρείας καταλιπόντας τ[…] μηδὲ ἐρεὰς ἐσθῆτας ἀμφιενν[…] πους προιέναι τ…
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