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Court Records Concerning Funerary Workers (I CE) Oxyrhynchos - Upper Egypt


Oxyrhynchos (Upper Egypt, Egypt — Pleiades map), I CE
GRA III 261 = PKöln X 414 = Papyri.info TM 47275 = AGRW ID# 31498


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Papyrus (11.6 x 12.0 cm). Currently in the Papyrussammlung in Köln (P. 1691).

The funerary workers (nekrotaphoi) of the city of Oxyrhynchus testified as to the cost of the worn, gray garment and a funerary cloth (?) formerly belonging to Heras son of Xenon the teacher who had died.

Let the funerary workers be required to repay 20 drachmas to Thonis son of Pasis, Petosorapis son of Thonis, Petoseiris son of Harthonis, Onnophris son of . . . and the funerary workers from the metropolis associated with them, since a list of those who have contributed has not been submitted . . .

Translation by: Kloppenborg



νεκροτάφοι Ὀξυρύγχ(ων) πόλεω(ς) τει̣μη̣ (τιμὴ(ν(?))) | στολ(ῆς) τριβακῆ(ς) φαιᾶς καὶ δικρόσο (δικρόσσου) | πρότερο(ν) Ἡρᾶτ(ος) Ξένο(υ) παιδαγωγο(ῦ) | τετελ(ευτηκότος) ἐφώ(νησαν(?))· ἀπαιτείσθωσ(αν) || οἱ νεκροτάφ(οι) (δραχμὰς) κ. | Θοωνᾶς Πάσ̣ε̣ι̣τος καὶ Πετοσορᾶπ(ις) | Θοω(ν ) καὶ Πετεσεῖρις Ἁρθοώ(νιος) καὶ Ὀννῶφρ(ις) | Α ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣του̣ καὶ̣ οἱ σὺν α(ὐτοῖς) νεκροτάφ(οι) | ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπ(όλεως) μὴ καταχω||ρίσαντες λό̣γ̣[ον] ὧν εἰσεδόθησ(αν) | [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ν̣φ̣[ ̣] ̣[ ̣] ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣ || -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --.

Item added: July 15, 2020
Item modified: July 17, 2020
ID number: 31498
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