bgu.10.1979
Βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου Σωτῆρος ἔτουςκθ ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Κεββᾶ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 2690
Dating prescript of a legal document TM 2690Oxyrhynchites (?)257 - 256 v.Chr.
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The opening dating clause (prescript) of a Greek legal document from the reign of Ptolemy II, year 29, naming the eponymous priest Antiochos son of Kebbas. The rest of the document is lost; it is thought to come from the Oxyrhynchite nome, about 257-256 BC.
In English machine translation
[In the reign of] Ptolemy son of Ptolemy [Soter, year] 29, when Antiochos son of Kebbas was priest of [Alexander and of the] Sibling Gods, (and when) [...] was kanephoros of Arsinoe [...]
Only the protocol naming the reigning king and the eponymous priests survives; the kanephoros (basket-bearer) of Arsinoe Philadelphos was an annual eponymous priestess whose name is lost here. The type of document that followed is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Aktpräskript). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.