Fragmentary remains of two columns of what appears to be an official document or correspondence from the Oxyrhynchite nome, dated around AD 204-206. The second column contains a regnal date with imperial titles (Adiabenicus, Pius), probably of Septimius Severus and his sons, and mentions a merchant ship and a man named Tiberius.
In English machine translation
[Column 1]
[… lines lost …]
[…] (only line endings survive, with traces of letters and a few word fragments) […]
[… lines lost …]
[Column 2]
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Year […]
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Imperator […]
Adiabenicus […]
Pius […]
[…] being (?) […]
of a merchant ship […]
to Tiberius […]
from Po[…]
Publi[…]
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[…]
especially […]
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The imperial title Adiabenicus points to Septimius Severus, which underlies the approximate date. The word holkas denotes a merchant or cargo ship.
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.