Petition of Krateia about a burial allowance owed by a religious association TM 2981Alexandru Nesos (Arsinoites)26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

Petition to King Ptolemy from Krateia of Alexandrou Nesos, complaining that Philippos and Dionysios, priest and head of a religious association to which her late brother Apollodotos belonged, neither buried him nor paid the burial allowance owed under the association's rules. The official endorsement orders the strategos to examine the association's law and enforce justice, or send the men to the court. Dated 26 February 221 BC, in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

A thiasos was a private religious and social club whose members owed each other burial rites and contributions; the 'taphikon' is the burial allowance it paid. The double date gives the Macedonian and Egyptian months.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Indemnité de funérailles due par un thiase d’hommes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.