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Fragment of an official document written at Alexandria in November AD 49, with the end of a letter followed by an acknowledgement by Paniskos son of Chairemon, a former royal scribe of the Theban district, that he received something from the addressee through Sarapion. What he received is lost.
Neos Sebastos was an honorific name used in the reign of Claudius for the Egyptian month Hathyr. The royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) was a senior financial official of a nome.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
…[…]…[…] ἔρρωσο […] ἔτους δεκάτου Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς Νέου Σεβαστοῦ πεντεκαιδεκάτηι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ Πανίσκος Χαιρήμονος γενόμενος βασιλικὸς γραμματεὺς Περὶ Θήβας ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ διὰ Σαραπίωνος [… ? lines lost …]
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