One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27381
Fragment of an official letter concerning a deadline and the leading men TM 27381unbekanntIII
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A fragmentary official letter or order mentioning a deadline, provisions from the home city, the leading men of a community, and a demand to act without excuse. It is dated Year 7, Phaophi 20, in the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] was […] to the
[…] … to send away […] except the […] of the time limit (?) […] and the (?) here
[…] having preferred, was found
[…] of the native city (?) with provisions
[…] without excuse
[…] and all […] to the most necessary […] the leading men of the
[…] to my […] to take part in this
[…] Year 7, Phaophi 20
Only the right-hand ends of lines survive, so the sense of most phrases is uncertain. The 'leading men' (prōteuontes) were the chief magistrates or notables of a city or village.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dated letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.bas.2.47
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