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Dating prescript of a loan contract TM 2692Oxyrhynchites (?)245 - 244 v.Chr.

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The opening of a Ptolemaic loan contract, preserving only the regnal dating formula of Ptolemy III with the eponymous priest of Alexander and the kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos, followed by the word 'lent'. It dates to 245-244 BC and may come from the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

[In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Arsinoe, the Brother-Sister Gods,] in the [third year, when Archelaos son of Damas was priest of Alexander] and of the [Brother-Sister] Gods, [and Arsinoe daughter of] Polemokrates [was kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos], in the month […] of the Thebaid. […] lent […] [… 1 line lost …]

Most of the dating formula, including the priests' names other than Polemokrates, is restored from parallels. The kanephoros was the priestess who carried the sacred basket in the cult of the deified queen Arsinoe II.

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.

DDbDP-text Full record →

bgu.10.1981

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 245 - 244 v.Chr. · Oxyrhynchites (?)

Βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Ἀρσινόης θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν ἔτους τρίτου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀρχελάου τοῦ Δαμᾶ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Ἀρσινόης τῆς Πολεμοκράτους μηνὸς[…]τῆς Θηβαίδος. ἐδάνεισεν[…] [… 1 line lost …]