DDbDP transcription: p.tebt.3.1.781 [xml]
ca. 164 BC Tebtynis
[παρὰ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ς τοῦ προστάντος τοῦ ἐμ(*) Μοήρει
[Ἀμμωνιείου τ]ῶν (τεσσαρακονταπενταρούρων). τοῦ ἐν τῶι διασαφουμένωι ἱερῶι
[ἀδύτου(?) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ν̣τος ὑπὸ τῶν παρʼ Ἀντιόχου ἐν τῶι
5[- ca.9 -] τοῦ β (ἔτους), ὕστερον δὲ τῶν δ̣α̣π̣έ̣δ̣ων κατα-
κ̣ρ̣α̣τηθ̣έ̣[ν]των, ἀποκατεστάθη τὸ ἱερὸν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν
[σύστασιν]. μετὰ δ[ὲ] ταῦτα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀποστατῶν
[ἐ]πιβαλόντων κ̣[αὶ] μὴ μόνον μέρη τινὰ τοῦ ἱεροῦ κατα-
[ρι]πτόντων ἀλ̣λ̣ὰ̣ καὶ τά τε λ̣ί̣θ̣ινα ἔργα τοῦ ἀδύτου
10[δι]α̣σ̣χ̣ι̣σ̣[ά]ντων καὶ τὰ θυρώματα καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς
[θ]ύρας οὔσας ὑπὲ[ρ] τ̣ὰς ρι διαφορησάντων καὶ ἔτι
[δο]κώσεις τινὰς κα[τα]σπασάντων ἐγὼ μετὰ χρόνον τινὰ
[- ca.14 - ε]ἰς τὸ μέσον ἐ̣[λθὼ]ν̣ [ἔ]φραξα πάσας
[τὰ]ς πύλας [καὶ τ]ὰ̣ [δ]ι̣ακόμματα [τοῦ] τὴν λοιπὴν
15[σ]τύλωσιν συνα̣[ρ]τ̣η̣θῆναι. νῦν δὲ τρημ̣α̣ ̣[ ̣]
[- ca.9 -]φ̣ρ̣α̣γ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ρι̣ν̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]ι̣αν̣ ἀ̣[ν]εῳγμένο̣ν
[- ca.32 -] ̣σ̣δ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[- ca.32 -]κως
[- ca.32 -]ν̣ μ̣ε̣
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Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
To N.N., a chief of the body-guard and strategos, from N.N., overseer of the temple of Ammon at Moeris of the 45-arouras holders. The shrine in the said temple having been (destroyed) by the men of Antiochos in � of the 2nd year, and the ground having later been regained (?), the temple was restored to its ancient state. Afterwards when the Egyptian rebels had attacked it and not only thrown down parts of the temple but split the stone-work of the shrine and carried off the door-fixtures and other doors to the number of more than 110 and also torn down some of the boarding, after some time � I came forward and stopped up all the gates and breaches in order that the remaining colonnades might be held together. But now ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)