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Covering letter for an edict announcing the accession of Gordian I and II TM 15342Oxyrhynchos

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Fragment of an official letter from Oxyrhynchus accompanying an edict of the prefect of Egypt announcing the accession of the emperors Gordian I and his son Gordian II. It mentions the strategia (the office of nome governor), the posting of the edict, the soldiers, and prayers for the emperors' eternal continuance.

In English machine translation

[... lines lost ...] [...] ... [...] [...] ... and [...] ... with [...] [...] [...] [...] ... [...] ... [...] [...] [of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Romanus Sempr]onianus Africa[nus] [...] ... [...] succeeding (?) to the strategia [...] of the most [...] prefect concerning the [...] [...] of Marcus Antonius Gor[dianus Romanus Sempronianus Africanus] [...] son of our lord [...] [Marcus Antonius Gordianus Romanus S]empronianus Afri[canus] [...] of the edict [...] that has been issued [...] is posted so that [...] of the most noble [soldiers] [...] and praying [...] of Marcus Antonius [Gordianus Romanus Sempronianus Africanus] [...] [of Marcus Anto]nius Gordianus Roma[nus Sempronianus Africanus] [...] eternal continuance [...] aforesaid [... lines lost ...]

Gordian I and his son Gordian II reigned only a few weeks in AD 238, so their accession announcement in Egypt is a rare survival. The date is inferred from the emperors named, as no date record was supplied.

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.51.3607

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

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