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Beginning of a petition or report to the strategos Herakleitos from Teos, an ibis-feeder and ibis-burier of the Sarapeion at Oxyrhynchus who oversaw the nome's ibis shrines. He relates that during an inspection tour in Hathyr of year 14 he learned something about a certain Sisois son of Petoys, but the papyrus breaks off before the matter is explained.
Ibis-feeders (ibioboskoi) and ibis-buriers (ibiotaphoi) tended sacred ibises of Thoth and buried them after death; the 'Hermaia' were shrines of Hermes-Thoth. The catalogue calls the text a report, but its form resembles a complaint to the strategos.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report to the strategos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Beginning of a report to the strategos from an ibis-feeder of the Sarapeion of Oxyrhynchus. The papyrus breaks before the subject of the report can be ascertained, but the part that remains is not without interest. The papyrus was folded four times from right to left, and is badl…
Ἡρακλείτωι συγγενεῖ καὶ στρατηγῶι παρὰ Τεῶτος τοῦ Ἁρπαήσιος ἰβιοβοσκοῦ καὶ ἰβιοτάφου τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρὸς Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει Σαραπιείου […]… πρὸς τῆι προστασίαι καὶ ἐπιμελείαι τῶν δ τοῦ νομοῦ ἰβιώνων καὶ Ἑρμησιείων· ἐν τῶι Ἁθὺρ μηνὶ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ιδ ἔτους, ἐξοδεύσαντός μου εἰς τὸν νομὸν…
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