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Opening of an official document, probably a decree or ruling, dated by the regnal years of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars Constantius and Galerius and by the consuls of 293. It names Rupilius Felix, prefect of Egypt; the rest survives only in scattered words. Found at Kellis in the Great Oasis.
The dating formula and the prefect's name are largely restored; identification as a prefectural decree is tentative.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragments of an Official Document (a Prefectural Decree?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ἐνάτου τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Γαίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐαλερίου Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ ἔτους η τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Οὐαλερίου Μαξιμιανοῦ Αὐτοκρατόρων Καισάρων Γερμανικῶν μεγίστων Σαρματικῶν μεγίστων καὶ ἔτους α τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Φλαουίου Οὐαλερίου Κωνσταντίου καὶ Γαλερίου Οὐαλερίου Μαξι…
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