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Petition of Epoeris for permission to demolish and rebuild a shrine of Isis TM 3283Athenas Kome (Arsinoites, Ägypten)28. Jan. 222 v.Chr.

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A petition to King Ptolemy III from Epoeris, keeper of an Isis shrine at the village of Athena in the Fayum, asking permission to demolish the dilapidated shrine and rebuild it so that sacrifices for the royal family can continue. The strategos Diophanes' instruction to Straton orders an inspection and, if the claim is true, permits demolition provided the shrine is rebuilt no worse than before.

In English machine translation

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Epoeris daughter of Panes, isionomos (keeper of the Isis shrine), living in the village of Athena, of the division of Themistos. I have a shrine of Isis in the aforementioned village, which has happened to become dilapidated, and for this reason I am unable to stay in it, fearing that it may collapse. I therefore beg you, O King, if it please you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to those concerned that, if what I write is true, I be granted permission to demolish it, on condition that I rebuild it and restore it to the same state, and that the sacrifices be performed on behalf of you, your sister and your children. For if this is done, I shall have obtained your benevolence. Farewell. (Subscription) To Straton. Taking with you the […] epistates and the village scribe, inspect, and if what she writes is true, allow her to demolish it, but take care that it is rebuilt again not worse than the previously existing shrine of Isis but […] in accordance with the ordinance. Year 25, Loios 26, Choiak 13. [verso] [Year 25, Loios 26, Choiak 13.] Epoeris daughter of Panes, concerning the demolition of a shrine of Isis.

An isionomos was a person, here a woman, in charge of a local Isis shrine (isieion); the word has no exact English equivalent. The document is double-dated by the Macedonian (Loios) and Egyptian (Choiak) calendars.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Jan. 222 v.Chr. · Athenas Kome (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

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