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Two small non-joining fragments of an official document mentioning an imperial steward, a procurator of Neapolis (a district of Alexandria), and the former prefect of Egypt Tiberius Julius Alexander. The fragments are important because they record that Alexander later became praetorian prefect.
The '1903' in the place field appears to be an acquisition or excavation year rather than a findspot; the papyrus is from the Hibeh collection. The name Geminius Aelianus was deleted by the scribe and replaced by another name, only partly legible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Career of Tiberius Julius Alexander). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
These two non-contiguous scraps are of interest for one reason only, that they add to the evidence for the career of the well-known prefect of Egypt, Tiberius Julius Alexander, the information that he was subsequently promoted to the praetorian prefecture.
[FrA] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…[…] […]Καίσαρος οἰκονόμῳ ἐπακολουθοῦντος …δετου τοῦ κρατίστου ἐπιτρόπου τῆς Νέας Πόλεως ἵνα [… ? lines lost …] [FrB] [… ? lines lost …] […]…τα[…]…[…]…[…] ως Τιβερίου Ἰουλίου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντος, γενομένου καὶ ἐπάρχου πραιτωρίου [… ? line…
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