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p.oxy.67.4592 spätes II - frühes IIIOxyrhynchites
Letter of a Roman Emperor (?) via HGV-meta
Letter of a newly acclaimed emperor to the Alexandrians. Fragment of a copy of a letter or proclamation by a newly acclaimed Roman emperor addressed to the Alexandrians, thanking them for their loyalty and announcing his arrival and benefactions to his 'ancestral city'. It is dated in Year 1, Pharmouthi, and the back bears an address to Apollinarios, a councillor; it comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome, late 2nd or early 3rd century AD. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 16756.
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- Letter of a Roman Emperor (?) HGV-meta Oxyrhynchitesspätes II - frühes III
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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Ἀλεξανδρεῖς εν…[…]
καὶ παιδείας επικ…[…]…[…]
τὴν πρὸς ἐμὲ εὔνοιαν[…]ἐν
τοῖς στέρνοις περιφέροντες τὴν […]
γνώμην παρεμείνατε. ἀφικνοῦμαι οὖν
πρὸς ὑμᾶς τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ, κεχειροτονημένος
μὲν αὐτοκράτωρ ὑπὸ τῶν γενναιοτάτων
στρατιωτῶν, ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν παρ’ ὑμῖν
αἰσίως παρελευσόμενος, καὶ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν
μάλιστα ἀρξάμενος τῆς τοῦ εὖ ποιεῖν ἐξουσίας, ὅσον δίκαιόν ἐστιν παρέχειν τῇ πατρῴᾳ πόλει π[…]
ἔτους α, Φαρμοῦθι[…]
[v]
Ἀπολινρίωι βουλευτῇ πρ…[…]Translations (1)
[recto]
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Alexandrians […]
and of education […]
the goodwill towards me […] carrying in your breasts the […] resolve, you remained steadfast. I come therefore to you with good fortune, having been elected emperor by the most noble soldiers, and about to enter auspiciously upon my rule among you, and beginning with you above all the power of doing good, as much as it is just to provide to my ancestral city […]
Year 1, Pharmouthi […]
[verso]
To Apollinarios, councillor […]
Connections
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Oxyrhynchites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 16756 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;67;4592 tier-1
- HGV-Text 16756 tier-1
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