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λόγος …δωριμαι[…] … ιθ κγ ε…ορ[…]φα κδ κε κϛ κζ κη δωριμαία λ Παχὼν ιδ ἐπι…[…] ιϛ ἀπόδειξις Ὁμηριστῶν[…] ιθ ἀγὼν ποιητῶν κ κβ κγ κδ κε κζ δωριμαία κη δωριμαία κθ δωριμαία Παοῖνι β… ζ η ιδ ιϛ ιζ Ἐπὶφ γ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31647
Calendar of festival days with performances and gifts TM 31647unbekanntIII
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A list of days running through the Egyptian months of Pachon, Pauni and Epeiph, some marked with events such as gifts, a performance by Homeric reciters and a contest of poets. It seems to be a calendar or account connected with festivals, written in the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Account of [...] gifts (?) [...]
...
19
23 [...]
24
25
26
27
28 gifts
30
Pachon 14 [...]
16 display of the Homeristai [...]
19 contest of poets
20
22
23
24
25
27 gifts
28 gifts
29 gifts
Pauni 2 [...]
7
8
14
16
17
Epeiph 3
[...]
The Homeristai were performers who recited or acted out scenes from Homer. The word rendered 'gifts' (dorimaia) is rare and its exact meaning, perhaps gratuities or payments on festival days, is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Calendar (Accounts?) concerning Festivals). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.