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Prescript of a document dated by eponymous priests TM 2656Heliu Kome? (Hermopolites)225 - 224 v.Chr.

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The opening dating formula (prescript) of a legal document from the reign of Ptolemy III, naming the eponymous priest of Alexander and the basket-bearer of Arsinoe. The rest of the document is lost; it was probably drawn up at a village called Hel[…], perhaps Heliu Kome in the Hermopolite nome, in 225-224 BC.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Arsinoe, the Brother-Sister Gods, year 23, when Ptolemy son of Chrysermos was priest of Alexander and of the Brother-Sister Gods and of the Benefactor Gods, and Geocharista daughter of Chariton was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos, in the month […] 21 (?), at Hel[…] […] son (?) of […] […]

Only the dating prescript survives; such formulas usually open contracts, but the type of document cannot be confirmed. The place name Hel[…] is restored only as a possibility.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Präskript einer Urkunde). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 225 - 224 v.Chr. · Heliu Kome? (Hermopolites)

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Ἀρσινόης θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν ἔτους κγ, ἐφʼ ἱερέως Πτολεμαίου Χρυσέρμου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν, κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Γεοχαρίστης τῆς Χαρίτωνος μηνὸς[…] […]ου κα ἐν Ἡλ[…] […]ου τοῦ […] [… ? lines lost …]