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Royal oath concerning contractors in the district of Mouchis TM 754289Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)155 - 150 v.Chr.

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A royal oath sworn at Krokodilopolis in the Arsinoite nome under Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II, by persons connected with the district around Mouchis and its topogrammateus. The swearers apparently undertake to provide a qualified man and to deal with work involving contractors, but the details are largely lost.

In English machine translation

[In the reign of Ptolemy and Cl]eopatra, children of [Ptole]my and Cleopa[tra], [the gods Epiphaneis] […], in the priesthood of Sosipa[tros] son of Apollonios [of Alexander and the Savior Gods] and the Sibling Gods and the Benefactor Gods [and the Father-loving Gods and] the Manifest Gods and the Mother-loving Gods; athlophoros [of Berenike Euergetis] […], kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos Hermoklea daughter of Hermokles, priestess of Arsinoe Philopator Demarion [daughter of Metrophanes] […], [at Kroko]dilopolis of the Arsinoite nome. Oath which the undersigned swore, under [which they also subscribed] […] topogrammateus (?) of the places around Mouchis […]: [We swear] by King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra his [sister], [the Mother-loving Gods, children of King] Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, gods, and the gods E[…] […] and the Mother-loving Gods and the Manifest Gods and the [Father-loving Gods and the Benefactor Gods] and the Sibling Gods and the Savior Gods, and Sarapis [and Isis and] all the other gods and goddesses, that truly […] […] of the current month from the best […] […] a man fully qualified, cleruchic (?) […] […] and […] the same […] […] of the contractors […] the removal (?) of the […] […] will be […]. If we keep the oath, [may it be well with us, if we break it, the opposite.] …

The dating formula lists the eponymous priesthoods of the Ptolemaic dynastic cult; the athlophoros and kanephoros were priestesses of deified queens. A topogrammateus was a district-level royal scribe.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Königseid). 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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p.koeln.16.646

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας τῶν ἐκ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν […] ἐφ’ ἱερέως Σωσιπάτρου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Σωτήρων καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων καὶ θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλομητόρων, ἀθλοφόρου Βερενίκης Εὐεργέτι…

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Königseid

Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Cologne, Papyrussammlung 21604 Ro · 155 - 150 v.Chr. · Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)