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Fragment of a dated document from Herakleopolis TM 20862Herakleopolis418

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Opening lines of a document drawn up at Herakleopolis in AD 418, dated by the post-consular formula of Honorius and Constantius. A person whose mother was Siaine, from a place in the Herakleopolite nome, is named, but the purpose of the document is lost.

In English machine translation

[In the year after the consulship of our master] Honorius, [eternal Augustus, for the 11th time, and Fl]avius Constantius, [the most illustrious, for the] 2nd time, [… ] 2, in Herakleopolis. […] whose mother is Siaine, from [… ] of the Herakleopolite nome […] finger (?) […]

The word 'finger' (daktylos) may be part of a physical description of a person, such as a scar on a finger, as in contracts, but the context is lost.

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

cpr.10.111

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 418 · Herakleopolis

μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Ὁνωρίου τῶν αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ια καὶ Φλαουίου Κωνσταντίου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου[…] β ἐν Ἡρακλέους πόλει […] μητρὸς Σιαίνης ἀπὸ […]τοῦ Ἡρακλεοπολίτου […]…ν δάκτυλον [… ? lines lost …]