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Letter of the prefect Claudius Julianus to the epistrategos Gabinius Modestus TM 22454Oxyrhynchos24. Sept. 203 - 27. Nov. 206

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Fragment of an official letter, numbered 19, from Claudius Julianus, prefect of Egypt, to the epistrategos Gabinius Modestus, forwarding a communication from Claudius A[…] and his associates and instructing him to take action, apparently within ten days, against some wrongdoing. It dates to AD 203-206 and comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

19 Claudius Julianus to Gabinius Modestus, the most excellent epistrategos, greetings. What was sent to me by Claudius A[…], the most notable, and those with him, I have sent on to you. Take care therefore, in accordance with your own […] of ten days […] so that no […] wrongdoing (?) […] […] [… ? lines lost …]

The number 19 at the top suggests this is a copy from a register of official correspondence. The epistrategos was a Roman regional governor in Egypt ranking below the prefect.

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

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p.oxy.47.3341

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 24. Sept. 203 - 27. Nov. 206 · Oxyrhynchos

ιθ Κλαύδιος Ἰουλιανὸς Γαβεινίῳ Μοδέστῳ τῷ κρατίστῳ ἐπιστρατήγῳ χαίρειν. τὰ ἐπισταλέντα μοι ὑπὸ Κλαυδίου Α…[…] ἀξιολογωτάτου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπέστειλά σοι. φρόντισον οὖν κατὰ τὴν σεαυτοῦ […] […] ἡμερῶν δέκα[…] […]ι ἵνα μηδ…[…] […]κακουργη[…] […]…ε…[…] [… ? lines lost …]