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Copy of a letter of the prefect Vibius Maximus TM 16423Oxyrhynchos103 - 107

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Fragmentary copy of a letter or edict of Vibius Maximus, prefect of Egypt, apparently addressed to or concerning the strategoi. Only scattered words survive, including mentions of orders, something theatrical, and the Greeks. It dates to AD 103-107 and comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[recto] … [verso] Copy […] Vibius Maximus […] strategos (?) […] having ordered (?) […] having been arranged (?) […] […] […] […] […] I ordered […] for to him […] theatrical (?) […] my […] […] […] new thinking (?) […] not easily […] advancing (?) […] to the Greeks […]

Gaius Vibius Maximus was prefect of Egypt in AD 103-107, which gives the date range. The poetic-sounding phrases ("new thinking", "advancing", "to the Greeks") may come from a quotation within the letter.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of 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.

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p.oxy.42.3024

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 103 - 107 · Oxyrhynchos

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