THE "PASTOPHORION" REVISITED: OWNERS AND USERS OF 'PRIESTS' HOUSES' IN PTOLEMAIC PATHYRIS AND ELSEWHERE IN EGYPT

This article draws on legal texts written in demotic Egyptian and in Greek to investigate the ownership and use of the pastophoria (Egyptian s.wt (n ḥ.t-nṯr), 'places (of the temple)') of ancient Egyptian temple complexes. The focus is on the pastophoria of the temple of Hathor in Pathyris...

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Published inJournal of Egyptian archaeology Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 111 - 132
Main Author THOMAS, SIÂN E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England THE EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY 01.01.2014
SAGE Publications
Subjects
Archives
Contracts
Houses
Papyrus
Priests
Private property
Property ownership
Residential buildings
Roman and Byzantine Egypt
Temples
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Summary:This article draws on legal texts written in demotic Egyptian and in Greek to investigate the ownership and use of the pastophoria (Egyptian s.wt (n ḥ.t-nṯr), 'places (of the temple)') of ancient Egyptian temple complexes. The focus is on the pastophoria of the temple of Hathor in Pathyris in Upper Egypt during the Ptolemaic period. The Pathyrite evidence is compared with that provided by documents from other Egyptian sites. The relationship between the temple functionary known as the pastophoros (Egyptian wn(?)) and the pastophorion is examined. تستعرض هذه البسنوفورياأبالمصرى h.t-ntr s. wt ٨) وهى ”أماكن من المعبد؛، ملحقة بمجموعات المعابد المصرية القديمة. تركز المثالة على البسفوفورياالخاممه بمعبدحتحور (ii' t-ntr أل) فى مدينة باثيريس بممر العليا من العمر البطلمى، ومقارنة ماعثر عليه من أدلة من هذه المدينه بما عثر عليه من أدلة من مواقع مصريه أخرى، وبحث العلاقة بين وظيفة المعبد المعروفة ب pastophoros (بالمصرى wn (?)) و ال pastophorion
ISSN:0307-5133
2514-0582
DOI:10.1177/030751331410000107