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c.epist.lat.213 24. Aug. 246Oxyrhynchos

Petition to the Prefect via HGV-meta

Petition to the prefect for a permit to sail from Pharos, with his Latin order. Aurelia Marciane, a woman from Side in Pamphylia, petitions the prefect of Egypt, Valerius Firmus, for permission to leave Egypt by sea through the harbour of Pharos at Alexandria. Beneath her Greek request is the prefect's Latin order to Asclepiades, apparently the procurator of Pharos, to let her depart. The papyrus was found at Oxyrhynchus and dates to AD 246. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Latin · Latin

Transcription

Οὐαλερίῳ Φίρμῳ ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Μαρκιανῆς Σιδήτιδος βούλομαι κύριε ἐκπλεῦσαι διὰ Φάρου. ἀξιῶ γράψαι σε τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ τῆς Φάρου ἀπολῦσαί με κατὰ τὸ ἔθος γ ἔτους ἐπαγομένων α διευτύχει Valerius Firmus Asclepiade salutem dimitti iussi de Pharo commendo tibi vale iussi datum XVII KalendasOctobres Presenti Albino consulibus

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To Valerius Firmus, prefect of Egypt, from Aurelia Marciane of Side. I wish, my lord, to sail out by way of Pharos. I ask that you write to the procurator of Pharos to release me according to the custom. Year 3, 1st of the epagomenal days. Farewell. Valerius Firmus to Asclepiades, greetings. I have ordered her to be released from Pharos. I commend [her] to you. Farewell. I have ordered (?) [...] Given on the 17th day before the Kalends of [October], in the consulship of Praesens and A[lbinus].

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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