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Conclusion of a document submitted by Papermithes son of Paalas TM 18056Oberägypten214 - 217

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The surviving end of a document submitted by Papermithes son of Paalas, dated to the 7th of Mecheir in the reign of Caracalla, with a subscription by Aelius Nilammon, who wrote for him because he was illiterate. It comes from Upper Egypt, AD 214-217.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] Year [2?] […] of Imperator Caesar [Marcus Aurelius] Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Felix Augustus, Mecheir 7. I, Papermithes son of Paalas, have submitted (this). I, Aelius Nilammon, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters.

The verb "have submitted" suggests a petition or declaration to an official, but the body of the document is lost. The regnal year number is damaged.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conclusion of a Document). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 214 - 217 · Oberägypten

[… ? lines lost …] ἔτους β[…]Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀντωνίνου Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου Βρεττανικοῦ Μεγίστου Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ, Μεχὶρ ζ. Παπερμίθης Πααλᾶτος ἐπιδέδωκα. Αἴλιος Νιλάμμων ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι αὐτὸν γράμματα.