p.alex.inv310
[…] ἐπάρχωι Αἰγύπτου […] ἀρχιερατεύσαντος [… 3 lines lost …] […] αὐτὸν τῇ ἀσυνκρίτῳ […]δ…[…] ἀνάγκη μοι γεγένηται[…]ἀφήλικος διηγοῦμαι διὰ […]… τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ κυρίου […]ε…[…]…τος παιδὸς α[…] ἀφῆλιξ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25498
Petition to a prefect of Egypt concerning a minor TM 25498unbekanntI - IV
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a petition or letter addressed to a prefect of Egypt, apparently concerning a minor (an underage person), mentioning a former high priest and invoking the authority of the 'lord'. Only scattered phrases survive; it dates from the 1st to 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] to […], prefect of Egypt,
[…] former high priest
[… 3 lines lost …]
[…] him by the incomparable
[…] necessity has come upon me […] of a minor, I relate through
[…] of the office (?) of the lord
[…] child […]
minor
The catalogue describes it as a letter or petition to a prefect; the repeated word 'minor' (aphēlix) suggests the case concerns a person under legal age, possibly an orphan.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre ou pétition adressée à un préfet). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.