Fragment of a papyrus from the 3rd century AD apparently dealing with liturgies (compulsory public services), a boy, his mother and a share of two-thirds, with mention of the Lykopolites. The other side mentions a submitted document, the great city (Alexandria), someone freed, a jurist or official Ulpian, and soldiers.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] […]
[…] and agoranomos (?) […]
[…] the very briefest offices (?) […]
[…] concerning the boy […]
[…] from the mother […]
[…] (mo)ther to him two-thirds […]
[…] and this man is […]
[…] of the father liturgy […]
[…] of Egypt […]
[…] liturgy […]
[…] of the Lykopolites […]
[…] […]
[verso]
[…] release (?) […]
[…] having been submitted
[…] of the great city
[…] freed
[…] so cease therefore
[…] of Ulpian […]
[…] our […]
[…] procurator (?) […] of soldiers
The phrase "cease therefore" and the reference to Ulpian suggest a legal ruling or rescript, possibly citing the jurist Ulpian, but the context is too broken to be sure. Lykopolis may point to Middle Egypt, but the provenance is not recorded.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Τεμάχιον παπύρου). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.