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Fragment of a dated official subscription to a petition TM 20287Kellis (Oasis Magna)6. - 12. Febr. 324

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Fragment of an official subscription (hypographe), probably by the prefect or another high official, dated by the consuls of AD 324 to a day shortly before the Ides of February. It states that a named official will decide the matter lawfully after reading the submitted document, and ends with a filing reference to sheet and roll. It was found at Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […] … the consuls to be (designated) for the fourth time, […] before the Ides of February. After reading what has been written, the […] will decide in accordance with the laws. Sheet 1[…] of roll […]

The phrase 'consuls to be for the fourth time' reflects the consular formula of 324, when the consuls designate (Crispus and Constantine Caesar) were named in advance. The final line is an archival reference to the sheet (kollema) and roll (tomos) in which the original was pasted.

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

p.kellis.1.22

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 6. - 12. Febr. 324 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

[… ? lines lost …] …[…] τέταρτον μέλλουσιν ὑπάτοις, πρὸ[…] Εἰδῶν Φεβραρίων· μετʼ ἀνάγνωσιν τῶν ἐνγεγραμμένων συννόμως ὁ[…] διαλήμψεται. κολλήματος α[…][…]τόμου[…]