bgu.10.1980
Βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου Σωτῆρος ἔτους εἰκοστοῦ καὶ ἐνάτου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Κεββᾶ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Δημονίκης τῆς Φίλωνος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 2691
Prescript of a document with eponymous priests TM 2691Oxyrhynchites (?)257 - 256 v.Chr.
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The opening dating formula (prescript) of a Ptolemaic legal document, giving the regnal year of Ptolemy II and the names of the eponymous priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods and the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos. The body of the document is lost. It dates to 257-256 BC and probably comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
In English machine translation
[In the reign of Ptolemy] son of Ptolemy Soter, [year twenty-nine], when the priest [of Alexander and of the] Sibling [Gods] was Antiochos son of [Kebbas], and the basket-bearer [of Arsinoe Philadelphos was Demonike] daughter of Philon
Only the dating prescript survives, so the type of document is uncertain; such prescripts usually head contracts. The 'basket-bearer' (kanephoros) was the eponymous priestess of the cult of Arsinoe II.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Aktpräskript). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.