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A list of the nomes (administrative districts) of Egypt, grouped by region from the Thebaid northward through Middle Egypt to the Delta, apparently heading a circular addressed to the strategoi of all Egypt. It dates from the second half of the 2nd century AD and was found at Oxyrhynchus.
The strategos was the governor of a nome; many nome names here are restored from traces. The groups correspond to the Thebaid, the Heptanomia with Arsinoite, and the Delta.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of nomes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
στρατηγοῖς ὅλης Αἰγύπτου Ὀμβείτου· Ἀπολλωνοπολείτου ἄνω τόπων Ἑρμωνθείτου Λατοπολείτου περὶ Θήβας· Κοπτείτου Τεντυρείτου· Διοπολείτου μικροῦ Θηβαΐδος Ὀάσεως μεγάλης Θηβαΐδος Θεινείτου· Πανοπολείτου Ἀνταιοπολείτου· Ἀπολλωνοπολείτου κάτω τόπων Λυκοπολείτου καὶ Ὑψήλης νομοὶ ιγ νομαρ…
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