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Priests' return with inventory of temple furnishings of Soknopaios TM 9144Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)177 - 180

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Return submitted by the five elder priests of the temple of Soknopaios at Soknopaiou Nesos, giving the list of priests and an inventory of temple property under the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. The surviving inventory lists gilded wooden shrines, statuettes, busts, lions, lampstands, incense burners, figures of Bes and an ibis, and bronze vessels.

In English machine translation

[Column 1] [From] […] and […], son of Stotoetis, […] and […] likewise […], son of Stotoetis, […], son of Horos, […] of the 5 elder [priests of the five tribes of Soknop]aios, the great, great god, [and of the gods sharing the temple], of the notable temple [of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos]. List of priests [and inventory for the current] […] year of the Aurelii [Antoninus and Commodus, the lords] Augusti. […] […] -ed […] wooden […] and […] and a pair […] gilded […] wooden [shrine], gilded, sealed […] silvered […] wooden and another […] of which the […] upright (?) […] [wooden shrine, gilded], having handles (?) […] of bronze [Column 2] and […] old […] small statue […] the busts […] wooden automenis (?) […] lions […] bronze-plated […] and lampstands […] and incense burners […] and a silver Bes […] silver plate […] and a bronze Bes […] weight 1 1/2 minas […] bronze cases […] bronze jar […] bronze water-pot […] bronze cup […] another, newer […] weight […] minas bronze small vessels (?) […] bronze incense burners […] […] Ibis […] […] […] Bes […] […] […] […]

Such annual returns (graphe hiereon kai cheirismou) listed temple personnel and cult equipment for the authorities. The meaning of 'automenis' is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 177 - 180 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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