Fragment einter Eingabe an den Strategen
Petition to the strategoi
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Fragment of a petition to the strategos concerning priests of Soknokonnis TM 25644Bakchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt1st - 2nd century A D
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Fragment of a petition addressed to the strategos of the Arsinoite nome, concerning matters connected with the temple of the great god Soknokonnis at Bakchias. It mentions the possible arrest of one of two priests and something found in the village. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[To …]on, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, […]
[…] of Soknokonnis, the great god of Bakchias […]
[…] but if one of the two priests is seized […]
[…] of the village, if anyone finds (?) […]
[…] of Soknokonnis […]
[…]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
Soknokonnis was a local crocodile god worshipped at Bakchias. The verb translated 'is seized' (piasthē) can mean arrested or caught.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Eingabe an den Strategen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.lund.4.8
[…]ωνι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοείτου …[…] […] Σοκνοκόννεως θεῷ μεγάλῳ Βακχιάδος[…] […] ἂν δʼ εἷς πιασθῇ τῶν δύο ἱερέων[…] […]… τῆς κώμης ἐάν τις εὑρ…[…] […]Σοκνοκόννεως …[…] […]…ο…νε[…] […]…ν…[…] [… ? lines lost …]