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Edict of Gaius Vibius Maximus, prefect of Egypt, ordering everyone living away from their home districts to return there for the house-by-house census and to resume farming. Those with good reason to remain in Alexandria were to register with a cavalry prefect, Festus, and obtain a signed permit. It dates to AD 104 and survives in a copy from the Arsinoite nome.
The records give both the issue at Alexandria in Epeiph 104 and the copy in the Arsinoite nome dated 7 August 104. The end of the edict, apparently threatening penalties for offenders, is too damaged for connected translation.
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.
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