One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32048

Beginning of a document addressed to the council of Hermopolis TM 32048Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)253 - 268

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Opening of a document addressed to the city council of Hermopolis, through the councillor and presiding prytanis Aurelius Korellios Alexandros, from a man whose name is mostly lost. Only the address and a few words survive, including a possible reference to public works. It dates to AD 253-268.

In English machine translation

[…] of Hermopolis the great, ancient […] […] through Aurelius Korellios Alexandros […] […] councillor, prytanis in office […] […] from […]anos Ap[…] […] of works (?) […] […] the […] […] the […] […] [… ? lines lost …]

The prytanis was the presiding officer of the city council; the dating rests largely on his known term of office. The nature of the document (petition, declaration or application) cannot be determined from what survives.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Début d'un texte adressé au 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.

cpr.35.102

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

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