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Fragment of what appears to be an official day-book or record of proceedings, dated Phamenoth 6 in the sixth year of the emperor Probus (AD 281). It records a customary sacrifice and acclamations or honours paid to the praetorian prefects and the prefect of Egypt.
The word rendered 'solitaries' (monachoi) is unusual this early and its sense here is uncertain. 'Prefect' translates hegemon, the governor of Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Aus einem Amtstagebuch (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ἕκτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Πρόβου Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Μηδικοῦ Μεγίστου Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Φαμενὼθ ϛ […]τῆς συνήθους θυσίας γενομένης[…]ἐτίμησαν καὶ τοὺς ἐξοχωτάτους ἐπάρχους τοῦ ἱερωτάτου πραιτωρίου καὶ τὸν λαμπρότατον ἡγεμόνα καὶ …
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