Proceedings citing a letter of Gordian III to Antinoopolis TM 30402Antinoopolisspätes III

Fragment of an official record from Antinoopolis, late 3rd century AD, in which someone cites a dispute about administration and the conveyance of processional vessels, invoking earlier decisions. It quotes a letter of the emperor Gordian III to the magistrates, council and people of the Antinoites, which refers back to privileges from the deified Hadrian, the city's founder.

In English machine translation

Gordian is called 'deified', so the document postdates his death in AD 244. 'Pompeia' are vessels or equipment used in religious processions; the reading and sense of several lines are uncertain.

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