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Fragments of council proceedings mentioning an embassy to the emperor TM 32043Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)253 - 268

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Fragments of a Greek text from Hermopolis, possibly the minutes of a session of the city council, mentioning an embassy, the emperor, the native city, audits and funds. It dates to AD 253-268.

In English machine translation

[fragment a] […] of Hermopolis […] […] ancient […] […] greetings […] […] embass(y?) […] together […] […] (un)hindered(?) […] very […] […] [… lines lost …] [fragment b] […] we […] but certainly surely also […] […] is, and this common solemn speech(?) […] […] of the native city to have considered […] […] for him because not yet […] […] of myself to bring the divine (letters?) […] […] to our emperor […] […] and of greater privileges […] […] I pray to the gods […] company(?) […] […] to be brought(?) Bass[…] […] of goodwill, which […] [… lines lost …] [fragment c1] [… lines lost …] […] […] […] recent […] […] this is […] […] it of the […] […] apart from the […] […] making […] […] each […] […] removal(?) […] […] I see […] […] the audits […] […] [… lines lost …] [fragment c2] [… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] […] law(?) […] […] […] […] […] […] [fragment c3] [… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] […] funds […] […] […] and certain goods […]

The identification as council minutes is tentative; the opening greeting could also suggest a letter or speech. 'Euthynai' are audits of officials' accounts on leaving office.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragments d'un compte rendu de séance(s) du Conseil (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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cpr.35.89

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 253 - 268 · Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)

[fragment a] […] Ἑρμουπόλεως […] […] ἀρχαίας […] χαίρειν […] πρεσβευ[…]ν συνη […] ἀνεμπο[…] μάλα […]αυ [… ? lines lost …] [fragment b] […]ήγομεν πάντως δὲ δήπου καὶ […] […]ος ἐστὶν καὶ τοῦτο κοινὸν σεμνολογ[…] […] τῆς πατρίδος νενομικέναι α[…] […]…οην αὐτῷ μὲν διὰ τὸ μήπω […] […]…