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Letter to the epiteretes of the Themistos division about letters to the prefect TM 219331Arsinoites222 CE – 235 CE

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Copy of an official letter to the epiteretes (supervisor) of the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome, reporting two letters the writer sent to the prefect Mevius Honoratianus: one about arrested criminals sent to him, the other about a sum of money sent for the city's needs on his written orders. The writer asks for a reply.

In English machine translation

[…] to the epiteretes of the Themistos division. [Letters] two written by me to Mevius Honoratianus the [most illustrious] [prefect], the one concerning the arrested criminals […] […] sent to his Greatness, the other concerning […] […] 5 minas 44 sent down [for] [the] needs of the city, on his written instructions; which […] [Please] write back to me. [Year 11], Pauni 1.

Mevius Honoratianus was prefect of Egypt around AD 232, which fits a Year 11 of Severus Alexander; the year number is restored. An epiteretes was a supervisor of revenues or public works with no exact English equivalent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as P.Col. inv. 33r and the Processing of Data in Early Roman Egypt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Official Correspondence [Reign of Severus Alexander]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Col. inv. 33 recto · 222 CE – 235 CE · Arsinoites

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

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

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

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