p.hib.1.134
[… ? lines lost …] βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ Πτολεμαίου ἔτους[…]ἐφʼ ἱερέως[…] Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Φιλωτέρας τῆς[…] ἐν Ἀφροδίτης πόλει[…] Ἁρμαῖος Αρ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 2828
Fragment of a dating prescript from Aphroditopolis TM 2828Aphroditopolis (Gau unbekannt)261 - 260 v.Chr.
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Fragment of the dating prescript of a Greek document, probably a contract, written at Aphroditopolis in the reign of Ptolemy II with his son as co-regent. Only the regnal and eponymous priesthood formula, the place, and the name Harmaios survive.
In English machine translation
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In the reign of [Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and his son] Ptolemy, [year …], [in the priesthood of …] of Alexander [and the Sibling Gods, the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Phila]delphos being Philo[tera daughter of …], at Aphrodite[s polis] […] Harmaios son of Har[…]
The prescript naming the king, the eponymous priest of Alexander and the basket-bearer (kanephoros) of Arsinoe is typical of contracts, but the document type cannot be confirmed. Which Aphroditopolis is meant is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.