Military document
The contents of this papyrus must remain obscure.
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A small fragment of a Latin military document, probably from AD 68 or 69, mentioning a Caesar, a Publius Cornelius and the coastal garrison town of Paraetonium west of Alexandria. Too little survives to tell what it recorded.
Paraetonium (modern Marsa Matruh) was a Roman military post. The readings 'September' and 'walls' rest on broken words and are uncertain; the find-place is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Military 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.
The contents of this papyrus must remain obscure.
[…]Caesaris Luci […]avis Hercu- […]XV septe- […]murum …r […] Publius Cornelius […]ip Paraetonio […]…[…] II …[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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