ἀπὸ Σοκνοπαίου Νή-]σου τοῦ [Ἀ]ρσι[νοίτου νομοῦ
ἀποσυστα τ̣ κ[α]ὶ πο̣ [δύο ] μὲν ὑπὲρ υἱοῦ, ἑνὸς δὲ ὑπὲρ ἀ[δελ]φῶ[ν δ]ιὰ τ[ὸ τὰς ἑ]αυ[τ]ῶν ἀποδί-] ξις
παρατεθεῖσθαι τῷ στρατ[ηγ]ῷ ἀκολ[ούθως τοῖ]ς [κ]ελευσθεῖσ[ι, κα]ὶ ἀν[α-] γνωσθείσης ἐπιστολῆς Ἡρακλείδου στρατηγοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος κατὰ λέξιν [ο]ὕτως· Ἡρακλείδης στρατηγὸ[ς] Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρα- κλείδου μερίδος Φλαου[ί]ῳ [Μ]έλ[α]ν[ι τῷ κ]ρατί[στῳ] ἀρχιερεῖ [χ]αίρει[ν]·
οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι ἱερεῖς τῆς πενταφυλ[ίας θ]εοῦ μεγίστου Σ[οκνο]παί- ου καὶ τῶν συννάων θεῶν ἱεροῦ λογίμου κώ[μ]ης Σοκνοπαίου Ν[ή-] σου ἐπέδωκάν μοι βιβλείδιον
βουλόμενοι ἱερατικῶς περιτεμεῖν οἱ μὲν υἱοὺς ἑαυ[τ]ῶν, οἱ δὲ συνγενεῖς ἐκ μητέρων τῶν ὑπογεγραμ- [μέ]νων καὶ πα[ρ]έθεντο ἀντί[γ]ρ[α]φ[α κα]τʼ ο[ἰ]κίαν ἀπογρ[α]φ[ῶ]ν τοῦ ιϛ (ἔτους) θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ ἐπεσκεμμένα ἐκ τῆς ἐπὶ τόπων βιβλιοθήκης,
διʼ ἧς δηλοῦται ἀπογεγράφθαι τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτῶν ὡς ὄντας ἱερατικοῦ γένους καὶ ὁμοίως ἀντίγραφα κατʼ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφῶν τοῦ θ (ἔτους) Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου, διʼ ὧν δηλοῦται ἀπογεγράφθαι τοὺς γονεῖς τῶν
ἐκ [μητ]έρων τῶν ἑξῆς [δηλο]υμέν[ων τ]ῶν καὶ [αὐτῶν] ἱερε[ι]ῶν̣ ⟦το[ῦ αὐ]τοῦ ἱερειῶ[ν] τ]οῦ αὐτοῦ ἱε[ροῦ κα]ὶ ἀ[πογ]εγράφ[θ]αι τοὺ[ς γον]εῖς αὐτῶν τ[ῇ τ]οῦ ιϛ (ἔτους) θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ κ[ατʼ] ο[ἰκ]ίαν ἀπ[ογρ]αφῇ καὶ τῇ το[ῦ] θ [(ἔτους) Ἀν]των[ί]νο[υ Κα]ίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου σὺν τοῖς πα[ισί],
καὶ Πετε[σ]οῦ[χ]ος δ[ὲ ὁ] καὶ Πτολε- μαῖος Ὀννώφρεως στολισ[τ]ὴς καὶ [δ]ιάδοχος προφητείας τῶν ἐν τῇ μητροπό[λει] θεῶν κ[αὶ] Πακύσει καὶ Π[α]νε[φρ]έμ- μεως τοῦ Ὥρου καὶ Πενγεὺς Στοτοήτιος τοῦ Στοτοήτ[ιος] καὶ Στοτοή[τι]ο[ς Σ]τοτο[ή]τιος τοῦ Στοτοήτιο[ς κ]αὶ Στοτοῆτις Στο- τοήτιος τοῦ Πανεφρέμμιος καὶ Στοτοῆτ[ι]ς Ὀννώφριος τοῦ Σαταβοῦτος οἱ
ἐπρεσβύτεροι ἱερέων τοῦ προκειμέ- νου ἱεροῦ Σοκνοπαίου καὶ Τεσενο[ῦ]φις στολιστὴς ἐδήλωσαν εἶναι τοὺς ὑπογεγραμμένους υ[ἱ]οὺς τῶν ἑξης δη
ἔτους ιβ Αὐ[τοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ] [Ε]ὐσεβ[οῦς Παχ]ὼ[ν
εἰσὶν δὲ· ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος τοῦ] Πετεφ[εως μητρὸς [τῆς ἀ̣π̣ο̣σ̣υ̣ν̣ι̣σ̣τ̣ὰ̣ς̣ υἱὸν]
Στοτο[ῆτι]ν ἐκ μητρὸς Θα[τῆς ἱερείας τῶν αὐτῶν] θεῶν. Στοτοῆτις Τεσεν[ούφεως τοῦ μητρὸς τῆς Στο-] τοήτιος υἱὸν Πακῦ[σιν ἐκ μητ]ρὸς Τ[α]νεφ[ρέμμεως τῆς
ἱερείας τῶν αὐ[τ]ῶ[ν] θε[ῶν. Τεσε]νοῦφι[ς] Ὥρου τ[οῦ μητρὸς] Ταπώμιος (*) τῆς [Τ]εσεν[ού]φεως τοὺς ὁ[μ]οπατ[ρίους καὶ ὁμομητρίους] ἀδελφοὺς Σατ[αβ]οῦν [καὶ Στ]οτοῆτιν δ[ι]ὰ τὸ τὸ[ν πατέρα αὐτῶν τετελευτη-] κέναι. Φλ[άου]ιος Μέλας ὁ ἀρχιε[ρ]εὺς καὶ [ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν· κατὰ τὸ ἔ̣θ̣ο̣ς̣] περιτ[εμνέσθω]σαν.
[ἔτους ιβ Αὐ[τοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ]
From Soknopaiou Nē-]sou of the [A]rsinoite nome
to be arranged and two for the son, one for the [brothers] through the [the] own [sacred] offerings
to be presented to the general according to the orders given, and upon the recognition of the letter of Heracleides, general of Arsinoe, of Heracleides, of the division as follows: Heracleides, general of Arsinoe, of Heracleides, of the division, to Flavius Melan, the most powerful high priest, greetings.
The undersigned priests of the five tribes of the greatest god Soknopaios and of the associated gods of the sacred village of Soknopaiou Nē- sou have given me a small book
wishing to perform the sacred rites, some for their own sons, others for relatives from the mothers of the undersigned and they presented copies according to the household records of the year 16 of the god Hadrian, carefully from the library on the places,
through which it is indicated that their parents have been registered as being of priestly lineage and likewise copies according to the household records of the year 17 of the lord Caesar Antoninus, through which it is indicated that the parents of
from the mothers of the following are indicated and their own priests of the same temple and to be registered the parents of them in the year 16 of the god Hadrian according to the household records and in the year 17 of Caesar Antoninus the lord with their children,
and Petesouchos and Ptolemaios Onnophris, the adornment and successor of the prophecy of those in the metropolis of the gods and of Pakysis and of Panephremes of Horus and of Pengeus Stotoetios of Stotoetios and Stotoetios Stotoetios of Stotoetios and Stotoetis Stotoetios of Panephremios and Stotoetis Onnophris of Satabouos the
elders of the priests of the aforementioned temple of Soknopaios and Teseno[ū]phis, the adornment, declared that the undersigned are the sons of the following
year 12 of the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus] [E]usebius Pachon
are: so-and-so of so-and-so of] Petef[... of the mother of the
Stotoetis from the mother of Tha[... of the priesthood of the same] gods. Stotoetis of Tesenu[pheos of the mother of Stotoetios son of Pakysis from the mother of Tanef[remmes of the
priesthood of the same] gods. Tesenoūphis of Horus of the mother of Tapomios (*) of the [T]esenu[pheos the] compatriots and half-brothers Satabous and Stotoetis through the fact that their father has passed away. Flavius Melas the high priest and [in charge of the sacred rites: according to the custom] let them be circumcised.
δύο μὲν ὑπὲρ υἱοῦ, ἑνὸς δὲ ὑπὲρ ἀ[δελ]φῶ[ν δ]ιὰ τ[ὸ τὰς ἑ]αυτ[ῶν ἀποδί-]
ξεις παρατεθεῖσθαι τῷ στρατ[ηγ]ῷ ἀκολ[ούθως τοῖ]ς [κ]ελευσθεῖσ[ι, κα]ὶ ἀν[α-]
γνωσθείσης ἐπιστολῆς Ἡρακλείδου στρατηγοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου Ἡρακλείδου
μερίδος κατὰ λέξιν [ο]ὕτως· Ἡρακλείδης στρατηγὸ[ς] Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρα-
κλείδου μερίδος Φλαου[ί]ῳ [Μ]έλ[α]ν[ι τῷ κ]ρατί[στῳ] ἀρχιερεῖ [χ]αίρει[ν]·
οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι ἱερεῖς τῆς πενταφυλ[ίας θ]εοῦ μεγίστου Σ[οκνο]παί-
ου καὶ τῶν συννάων θεῶν ἱεροῦ λογίμου κώ[μ]ης Σοκνοπαίου Ν[ή-]
σου ἐπέδωκάν μοι βιβλείδιον βουλόμενοι ἱερατικῶς περιτεμεῖν
οἱ μὲν υἱοὺς ἑαυ[τ]ῶν, οἱ δὲ συνγενεῖς ἐκ μητέρων τῶν ὑπογεγραμ-
[μέ]νων καὶ πα[ρ]έθεντο ἀντί[γ]ρ[α]φ[α κα]τʼ ο[ἰ]κίαν ἀπογρ[α]φ[ῶ]ν τοῦ ιϛ (ἔτους)
θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ ἐπεσκεμμένα ἐκ τῆς ἐπὶ τόπων βιβλιοθήκης,
διʼ ἧς δηλοῦται ἀπογεγράφθαι τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτῶν ὡς ὄντας ἱερατικοῦ
γένους καὶ ὁμοίως ἀντίγραφα κατʼ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφῶν τοῦ θ (ἔτους) Ἀντωνίνου
Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου, διʼ ὧν δηλοῦται ἀπογεγράφθαι τοὺς γονεῖς τῶν...
...ἀ[πογ]εγράφ[θ]αι τοὺ[ς γον]εῖς αὐτῶν τ[ῇ τ]οῦ ιϛ (ἔτους) θεοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ
κ[ατʼ] ο[ἰκ]ίαν ἀπ[ογρ]αφῇ καὶ τῇ το[ῦ] θ [(ἔτους) Ἀν]των[ί]νο[υ Κα]ίσαρος
τοῦ κυρίου σὺν τοῖς πα[ισί], καὶ Πετε[σ]οῦ[χ]ος δ[ὲ ὁ] καὶ Πτολε-
μαῖος Ὀννώφρεως στολισ[τ]ὴς καὶ [δ]ιάδοχος προφητείας
τῶν ἐν τῇ μητροπό[λει] θεῶν κ[αὶ] Πακύσει καὶ Π[α]νε[φρ]έμ-
μεως τοῦ Ὥρου καὶ Πενγεὺς Στοτοήτιος τοῦ Στοτοήτ[ιος] καὶ
Στοτοή[τι]ο[ς Σ]τοτο[ή]τιος τοῦ Στοτοήτιο[ς κ]αὶ Στοτοῆτις Στο-
τοήτιος τοῦ Πανεφρέμμιος καὶ Στοτοῆτ[ι]ς Ὀννώφριος
τοῦ Σαταβοῦτος οἱ ε πρεσβύτεροι ἱερέων τοῦ προκειμέ-
νου ἱεροῦ Σοκνοπαίου καὶ Τεσενο[ῦ]φις στολιστὴς ἐδήλωσαν
εἶναι τοὺς ὑπογεγραμμένους υ[ἱ]οὺς τῶν ἑξης δη...
...ἀ̣π̣ο̣σ̣υ̣ν̣ι̣σ̣τ̣ὰ̣ς̣ υἱὸν Στοτο[ῆτι]ν ἐκ μητρὸς Θα[...] τῆς [...] ἱερείας τῶν αὐτῶν
θεῶν. Στοτοῆτις Τεσεν[ούφεως τοῦ ... μητρὸς ... τῆς Στο-]
τοήτιος υἱὸν Πακῦ[σιν ἐκ μητ]ρὸς Τ[α]νεφ[ρέμμεως τῆς ...]
ἱερείας τῶν αὐ[τ]ῶ[ν] θε[ῶν. Τεσε]νοῦφι[ς] Ὥρου τ[οῦ ... μητρὸς]
Ταπώμιος τῆς [Τ]εσεν[ού]φεως τοὺς ὁ[μ]οπατ[ρίους καὶ ὁμομητρίους]
ἀδελφοὺς Σατ[αβ]οῦν [καὶ Στ]οτοῆτιν δ[ι]ὰ τὸ τὸ[ν πατέρα αὐτῶν τετελευτη-]
κέναι. Φλ[άου]ιος Μέλας ὁ ἀρχιε[ρ]εὺς καὶ [ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν· κατὰ τὸ ἔθος]
περιτ[εμνέσθω]σαν.
(Only Latinized names and titles appear clearly, no extended Latin text is present.)
"...two on behalf of a son, and one on behalf of brothers, because their own declarations have been submitted to the strategos according to the orders given, and after the letter of Herakleides, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, was read aloud verbatim as follows: 'Herakleides, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, to Flavius Melas, the most excellent high priest, greetings. The undersigned priests of the pentaphylia of the greatest god Soknopaios and the associated gods of the sacred, registered village of Soknopaiou Nesos have handed me a small document, wishing to circumcise priestly their sons, some their own sons, others relatives from the maternal side of those undersigned, and they have submitted copies of household registrations from the 16th year of the divine Hadrian, examined from the local archives, by which it is shown that their parents are registered as being of priestly lineage, and similarly copies of household registrations from the 9th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, by which it is shown that their parents..." "...and Petesouchos also called Ptolemaios, son of Onnophris, stolistes and successor of the prophecy of the gods in the metropolis, and Pakysis and Panefremmis son of Horos, and Pengeus son of Stotoetis, and Stotoetis son of Stotoetis, and Stotoetis son of Panefremmis, and Stotoetis son of Onnophris son of Satabous, the five senior priests of the aforementioned temple of Soknopaios, and Tesenouphis the stolistes declared that the undersigned are sons of the following..." "...Flavius Melas, the high priest and overseer of sacred rites: according to custom, let them be circumcised."