p.oxy.60.4062
Καλπουρνίῳ Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ τῷ καὶ Πτολεμαίῳ στρατηγῷ παρὰ Σευήρου χρηματίζοντος μητρὸς […]…[…]…ης καὶ Ἡρακλειδίωνος χρηματίζοντος μητρὸς Ἄλειτος ἀμφοτέρων ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. [… 11 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 22546
Address to the strategos Calpurnius Artemidoros from Severus and Herakleidion TM 22546Oxyrhynchosca. 163
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Opening of a document addressed to Calpurnius Artemidoros alias Ptolemaios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by two men of Oxyrhynchus, Severus and Herakleidion, identified only by their mothers' names. The body of the text is lost, so its purpose is unknown. It dates to about AD 163.
In English machine translation
To Calpurnius Artemidoros alias Ptolemaios, strategos,
from Severus, styled as having mother […]…[…]…es, and Herakleidion, styled as having mother Alis,
both from the city of Oxyrhynchus.
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The phrase "styled as having mother" (chrematizontos metros) marks men without a legally recognized father, identified only through their mothers. Whether this was a petition, declaration or other submission cannot be told from the surviving lines.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Document Addressed to a Strategus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.