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Fragment with Tetrarchic dating formula mentioning the Thebaid TM 22751Hermopolis (?)28. Sept. 296

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Fragment of a document opening with the full regnal dating formula of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius and Galerius), followed by a broken line mentioning the Thebaid and a man named Aurelius. It dates to 296 AD and probably comes from Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

Year 13 of Imperator [Caesar Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus and year 12 of Imperator Caesar Marcus] Aurelius Valerius Maximianus [Germanici Maximi, Sarmatici Maximi, and year 5 of Flavius Valerius] Constantius and Galerius [Valerius Maximianus, the most noble Caesars, Pious, Fortunate, Augusti] for already […] of the Thebaid, Aurelius […]

Most of the imperial titulature is restored from the standard formula; only the dating clause and a few words of the body survive, so the document's purpose is unknown.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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.lond.3.958

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Sept. 296 · Hermopolis (?)

ἔτους ιγ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Γαίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐαλερίου Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ ἔτους ιβ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Οὐαλερίου Μαξιμιανοῦ Γερμανικῶν μεγίστων Σαρματικῶν μεγίστων καὶ ἔτους ε Φλαουίου Οὐαλερίου Κωνσταντίου καὶ Γαλερίου Οὐαλερίου Μαξιμιανοῦ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων Καισ…