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A fragment of a document from Ptolemais Euergetis, the capital of the Arsinoite nome, dating to the 2nd century AD. A woman registered in the Cilicians' quarter acts with her full brother Heron as her guardian, and the text refers to property in the Phremei quarter previously registered through the former keepers of the property archives.
The bibliophylakes were the keepers of the public property records (bibliotheke enkteseon). The phrase "with a deadline" (prothesmia) probably refers to a time limit attached to the earlier registration.
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.
[… ? lines lost …] ἀναγραφομένης ἐν τῇ μητροπόλει ἐπʼ ἀμφόδουΚιλίκων μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ὁμοπατρίου καὶ ὁμομητρίου αὐτῆς ἀδελφοῦ Ἥρωνος. ὃ ἀπεγραψάμην διὰ τῶν προτέρων βιβλιοφυλάκων μετὰ προθεσμίας ἐν τῇ μητροπόλει ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Φρέμει[…]διον […]α[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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