The Agents of Hathor in P.Tor.Botti and the Ptolemaic Temple of Deir el-Medina"وكلاء حتحور" في بردية تور. بوتي والمعبد البطلمي بدير المدينة

Found inside the jars containing the archive of Totoês, P.Tor.Botti 34 A, 34 B+C, 35 and 36 were wrapped together. Transliteration and translation are provided for the body of these texts, as well as for the related P.Tor.Botti 40. An explanation is given for why they were rolled together: these papyri attest to the agreements made in the year 100 BC between the elders of the priests of the sanctuary of Hathor at Deir el-Medina and the three sons of Chestephnachthis (B), who bore the title of “agents of Hathor”. They collected the income of the temple, paid the priests their due, managed both ordinary and extra charges and kept the account book of the sanctuary. The amount of 17 talents mentioned in P.Tor.Botti 34 A could even indicate that the family of Chestephnachthis (B) was responsibile for building or decorating the “mammisi” or the temple portal at Deir el-Medina.