Kultverein der Dioskouren
Settlement of accounts; contributions from an association for the worship of the Dioscori
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Expenses and contributions for the robing of the Dioskouroi by a cult association TM 28120Bakchias? (Arsinoites)169/170 A. D.
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An account of the costs of the ceremonial robing of cult statues of the Dioskouroi, listing cloth, wine, perfumes, food and other supplies, dated year 10, Mesore 1. A second column lists members of the cult association, many of them army veterans, and the sums each contributed. It probably comes from Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome, in the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
Account of expenditure for the robing (stolismos) of the gods Dioskouroi, year 10, Mesore 1:
2 linen cloths of byssus, 119 drachmas
2 dichora of wine, 48 drachmas
1 kotyle of myrobalanos oil, 12 drachmas
3 kotylai of honey, 29 drachmas
good oil, 12 drachmas
1 kotyle of ointment, 16 drachmas
1 kotyle of perfume, 12 drachmas
myrrh, 8 drachmas
saffron, 8 drachmas
raisins, … drachmas
pine cones, 7 drachmas
fowl, 20 drachmas
poultry-yard (?), 1 drachma 5 obols
radish oil, 48 drachmas
spices, 1 drachma 5 obols
lamps, 4 obols
kokkalos (pine kernels?), 1 chalkous
small garlands, 6 drachmas
vessels, 4 drachmas
straight timber, …4 drachmas
fodder, 4 drachmas
sweetmeats, 4 drachmas
wheat, 2 artabas, 40 drachmas
1 artaba, 20 drachmas
[column 2]
Those contributing to the above-written robing:
Dioskoros, veteran, 100 drachmas
Dioskoros son of Ision, 100 drachmas
Philoxenos, 100 drachmas
Nephotianos, 100 drachmas
Dios …, 100 drachmas
Serenos, veteran, 100 drachmas
Apolinarios, veteran, 80 drachmas
Ptolemaios, veteran, 60 drachmas
Apolinarios, veteran, 60 drachmas
Horion, veteran, 60 drachmas
Dioskoros son of Heraklas, 60 drachmas
Diogenes, [60 drachmas]
Zoilos son of Hephaist(ion?), 60 drachmas
Deios son of Maron, [60] drachmas
Horion, oil-maker, 60 drachmas
Dionysios, [60] drachmas
Ptolemaios, veteran, 60 drachmas
…onas, 20 drachmas
Akes, 20 drachmas
Hermeias, 20 drachmas
One record dates the text more precisely to AD 169/170, i.e. year 10 of Marcus Aurelius. The stolismos was the ritual dressing and adornment of divine images.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kultverein der Dioskuren). 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.4.11
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