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Opening of a Greek sworn declaration with a full regnal dating formula listing the eponymous priests of the dynastic cult. The swearer invokes King Ptolemy VI and the deified Ptolemies; the substance of the oath is lost. Probably from the Arsinoite nome, March 163 BC.
Most of the prescript and oath formula is restored from standard Ptolemaic formulae; only scattered words survive. The athlophoros, kanephoros and priestess were annual eponymous priestesses of the royal cult used for dating.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Giuramento con datazione). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν ἔτους ἐβδόμου ἐφ’ ἱερέως Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Φιλοξένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων καὶ θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἀθλοφόρου Βερενίκης Εὐεργέτιδος Νικαίας τῆς Γαλέστου, κ…
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