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Dating protocol of a contract TM 2695Oxyrhynchites (?)220 - 219 v.Chr.

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Opening of a Greek legal document (protocol) giving the regnal year of Ptolemy IV with the eponymous priest of Alexander and the basket-bearer of Arsinoe. The rest of the document is lost; it probably comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, Benefactor Gods, in the third year, when Demetrios son of Apelles was priest of Alexander and of the Sibling Gods and of the Benefactor Gods, and Nymphais daughter of Menapion was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos, in the month Audnaios, at […] […] of the Philon(?) […]

Only the dating formula survives; the type of agreement cannot be determined. The phrase 'of the Philon' in the last line is uncertain and may be part of a place name or a court title.

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.10.1984

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 220 - 219 v.Chr. · Oxyrhynchites (?)

Βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Βερενίκης θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους τρίτου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Δημητρίου τοῦ Ἀπελλῆτος Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Νυμφαίδος τῆς Μηναπίονος μηνὸς Αὐδναίου ἐν […] […] τῶν Φίλωνος[…]