Opening of a contract with eponymous priests, from a copy roll of Philadelphia TM 2793Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Fragment of a Greek document with a full Ptolemaic dating formula listing the eponymous priests of the dynastic cult, drawn up at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome in year 3 of Cleopatra I and Ptolemy VI. After the date only traces survive of a party described as a Thracian of the second hipparchy, apparently with a physical description.

In English machine translation

The text belongs to a roll of document copies from the village archive of Philadelphia; the final word is restored as part of a description noting a visible scar, typical of party descriptions in contracts. The Julian date is inferred from the regnal year, as no date record was supplied.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Urkundenfragmente einer Abschriftenrolle aus dem Dorfarchiv von Philadelphia). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.