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Return concerning taxes paid by pastophoroi of village temples TM 21839Oxyrhynchos (?)

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Fragment of an official tax return listing payments made through the bank by pastophoroi (shrine-bearing priests) of village temples, including Plenis of the temple of Apollo at Teeis and Pasaphthis of the temple of Saphthis. The payments of 4 drachmas plus surcharges are dated to year 10 of Antoninus Pius (AD 146/7).

In English machine translation

[Column 1] […] 792 Plenis son of Phthomonthes, grandson of Papontos, pastophoros of the temple of Apollo, very great god, of the village of Teeis, 4 drachmas, with additional charges of 1 1/2 obols, total 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols; bank, year 10, Pachon, the aforementioned 4 drachmas, with additional charges of 1 1/2 obols, total 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols. Total of these also 8 drachmas, with additional charges of 3 obols, total 8 drachmas 3 obols. Another pastophoros having declared to us that he paid on behalf of his temple the sum set out next to him, which you will have collectable by the royal scribe according to the account of the upper districts of Arabia: Pasaphthis son of Pasaphthis, grandson of Psenmonthes, pastophoros of the temple of Saphthis of the village of […]psamis, 4 drachmas, with additional charges of 1 1/2 obols, total 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols; bank, year 10, Epeiph, the aforementioned 4 drachmas, with additional charges of 1 1/2 obols, total 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols. […] [Column 2] […] […] for the 10th year […] […] of which […] […] remaining in arrears(?) to the […] month of the present 10th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord […] […] period, 12 drachmas […]

Pastophoroi were a lower grade of Egyptian priests who carried shrines in processions. The 'upper districts of Arabia' refers to a toparchy or district east of the Nile.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Taxation - return concerning Pastophori). 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 · Oxyrhynchos (?)

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