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Dating formula of Commodus TM 11791Theadelphia? (Arsinoites)

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A short dating formula naming the 29th regnal year of the emperor Commodus (AD 188/189), probably the beginning or end of a document that is otherwise lost. It is thought to come from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

Year 29 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord

Commodus counted his regnal years from the start of his father Marcus Aurelius' reign, so Year 29 corresponds to AD 188/189. The provenance is marked as uncertain in the records.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.3.1279

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theadelphia? (Arsinoites)

ἔτους κθ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου