One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21568

Fragment of an official letter mentioning the prefect Subatianus Aquila TM 21568unbekanntOkt. 206 - Febr. 211

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A small fragment of an official letter mentioning the prefect of Egypt Subatianus Aquila and the dioiketes (financial administrator). It dates between October 206 and February 211 AD; the provenance is not recorded.

In English machine translation

[...] […] … […] …os … […] […] … not having appealed … […] […] to leave behind in accordance with […] […] our [most illustrious] prefect Subatianus [Aquila] […] […] of the dioiketes concerning the […] (?) […] I learned …, that is […] [...]

The date range follows the prefecture of Subatianus Aquila, whose name is partly restored. The word after 'concerning the' (apat-) is broken and could relate to a demand or to deception.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of Official Letter). 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.oslo.3.179

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Okt. 206 - Febr. 211

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…ος…[…] […]…ην μὴ ἐκκαλεσάμενος …[…] […]καταλιπέσθαι ἀκολούθως τ[…] […]ὁ λαμπρότατος ἡμῶν ἡγεμὼν Σουβατιανὸς Ἀκύλας[…] […]τοῦ διοικητοῦ περὶ τῆς ἀπατ[…] […]ρωτον ἔμαθον, τοῦτʼ ἔστι[…] [… ? lines lost …]