Pakebkis, son of Marsisuchus, expresses his desire to buy the office of Prophetes at the temple of Soknebtunis (Tebtunis, Egypt). The text is dated the 10th year of the Emperor Hadrian, 10th of the Egyptian month Tybi (Jan. 5, 147 A.D.)
Title
Application for the purchase of a priestly office
Edition
Copy.
Full Collection Name
Tebtunis Papyri
Type
Image
Extent
1 item
Other Physical Details
papyrus, complete
Dimensions
31.4 x 16.4 cm.
Language
In Greek.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
i column, 30 lines, written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Margins: top, 2.2 cm.; left, 2.5 cm.; bottom, 7.8 cm.
On verso in black ink: "T.8" twice.
On verso (across the fibers): traces of 16 lines of an unidentified document.
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