Letter of a newly acclaimed emperor to the Alexandrians TM 16756Oxyrhynchitesspätes II - frühes III

Fragment of a copy of a letter or proclamation by a newly acclaimed Roman emperor addressed to the Alexandrians, thanking them for their loyalty and announcing his arrival and benefactions to his 'ancestral city'. It is dated in Year 1, Pharmouthi, and the back bears an address to Apollinarios, a councillor; it comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome, late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The emperor is unnamed; calling Alexandria his ancestral city suggests a usurper of Alexandrian or Egyptian connection, and identification remains uncertain. The copy was evidently sent to or kept by a local councillor.

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 a Roman Emperor (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.