Protocol fragment naming the caliph al-Walid TM 19943Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)24. März 710

Fragment of the opening protocol of an early Arab-period document from Aphrodito in Upper Egypt, with the bilingual-style invocation of God and the name and title of the caliph al-Walid, Commander of the Faithful. It dates to the reign of al-Walid I, about 705 to 710.

In English machine translation

Such protocols headed official papyrus rolls and give the caliph's name in Greek transliteration from Arabic ('Abdallah al-Walid, Amir al-Mu'minin'). The records disagree slightly on the date: one gives 24 March 710, another the range 705-710.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.