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Opening of an edict issued by Claudius Cleopatrus, prefect of Egypt, concerning shipowners whose vessels had been requisitioned for temporary public service. He notes their concern and refers to an earlier order that the ships be supplied for a time and then returned to their owners. The copy comes from Oxyrhynchus.
Claudius Cleopatrus was prefect of Egypt in the mid-3rd century AD. The text breaks off and several lines are partly illegible, so the exact grievance and the measures ordered are unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Edict of a Prefect). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Κλαύδιος Κλεόπατρος ὁ διασημότατος ἔπαρχος Ἀιγύπτου λέγει. τοὺς τὰ πλοῖα κεκτημένους τῆς χρείας αὐτῶν μὴ σφόδρα με…… αἰσθάνομαι διὰ τὸ πρὸς καιρόν τινα……… ρεσίας αὐτῶν νομισθείσης α…… τοὺς ἐπιτεταγμένους αὐτοῖς προσταχθῆναι ὑπʼἐμοῦ παρασχεῖν τινα πλοῖα πρὸς καιρὸν ὑπηρετησόμενα κ…
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