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p.oxy.42.3022 1. Okt. - 9. Dez. 98Alexandria

Letter of Trajan to Alexandria via HGV-meta

Letter of Trajan to the Alexandrians. Copy of a letter from the emperor Trajan to the people of Alexandria, early in his reign. Recalling the benefactions of his deified father Nerva, he declares his goodwill and says he has commended the city to himself and to the prefect of Egypt, Pompeius Planta, who is to look after its peace, food supply and rights. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] … [v] Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Νέρουας Τραιανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ β ὕπατος Ἀλεξ[…] […] καὶ τ[…]ν τῆς πόλεως η[…] […]ς ἐξαίρετον πρὸς τοὺς σεβαστοὺς […]ν, καὶ τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ πατρός μου μεμνημένος ἃς παρέσχεν ὑμῖν […]ν…ταις πρώτ[…]… τῆς ἡγεμονίας, καὶ […]…α τούτων τῶν δικαίων ἔχων καὶ αὐτὸς πρὸς ὑμᾶς διάθεσιν ἰδίαν, παρεθέμην ὑμᾶς πρῶτον μὲν ἐμαυτῷ, εἶτα καὶ τῷ φίλῳ μου καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Πομπείῳ Πλάντᾳ, ἵνα μετὰ πάσης φροντίδος προνοῇ ὑμῶν τῆς εὐσταθοῦς εἰρήνης καὶ τῆς εὐθηνίας καὶ τῶν κοινῶν καὶ καθʼ ἕκαστον δικαίων. ἐξ ὧν εὔδηλον ου[…] […]τουτο μέγιστον ἔργω……[…] […]…μιζοντος τουμ[…] […]μεταλαμβαν…ν…[…] […]μα[…] […]ο…[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] … [verso] [Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus] Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, holding the tribunician power for the 2nd time, consul, to the Alexandrians (?) […] and the […] of the city […] special towards the Augusti […], and remembering the benefactions of my deified father which he bestowed on you […] in the first […] of his rule, and […] these rights, having myself also a particular disposition towards you, I have commended you first to myself, and then also to my friend and prefect Pompeius Planta, so that he may take thought with all care for your stable peace and your food supply and your rights both common and individual. From which it is clear […] this greatest in deed […] […] […] receiving […] […] […] […] [… ? lines lost …]

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Found at Alexandria

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