Fragment of an official day-by-day diary from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD, recording events at the end of one month and the start of Phaophi. Entries note holy days, a spectacle in the theatre, a regular council session in the council chamber, an action of the exegetes, and activities in the Sebasteion (temple of the imperial cult).
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
[…]
and in the Sebasteion […]
26th, it being a holy day […]
and Capito(?) […]
27th, a spectacle (?) […]
in the theatre […]
being performed (?) […]
28th, nothing […]
29th, nothing […]
30th, a regular council meeting […]
in the council chamber […]
Phaophi 1st, the exegetes […]
2nd, it being a holy day […]
[…] being in […]
[…]
[…]
[verso]
[…] in the other temples […]
[…]
The days before Phaophi 1 are 26 to 30 of the preceding month, Thoth. The exegetes was a senior municipal magistrate; 'Capito' may be a personal name and is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of an Official Diary). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.