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The opening of a document addressed to Aurelius Adelphios, gymnasiarch, councillor and appointed president of the council of Hermopolis, by a man named Aurelius […]anos. It is dated by the consuls of AD 320, and its actual content is lost.
The prohedros was the presiding officer of a city council in 4th-century Egypt. Only the dating clause and address survive, so the type of document (perhaps an application or declaration) cannot be determined.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Dokumentes unbekannten Inhalts). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ϛ καὶ Κωνσταντίνου ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α. Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀδελφίῳ Ἀδελφίου γυμνασιάρχῳ βουλευτῇ ἀποδεδειγμένῳ προέδρῳ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης παρὰ Αὐρηλίου[…]ανος […]απ…[…]λει [… ? lines lost …]
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