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Fragment of a petition addressed to the city council of Hermopolis by two (?) persons from the same city, mentioning a daughter. Only scattered words survive, so the subject of the request is lost. It dates to AD 267-268.
The opening uses the standard honorific titles of Hermopolis, 'the great, ancient, most august and most splendid' city, in the address to its council (boule).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d'une pétition adressée 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.
τῇ κρατίστῃ βουλῇ Ἑρμουπόλεως τῆς μεγάλης ἀρχαίας καὶ σεμνοτάτης καὶ λαμπροτάτης […] […] τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἀμφότεροι […] […]…ου θυγατρὶ επ…πα[…] […] ἀναμνη[…]…[…] […]σάμεθα ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐ[…] […]…τιει…μημεθα[…] […]…π…ηλ…[…]λ…[…] […]ου ιστε τὴν δο[…] […]ν εἰς ἄλλα ετ…[…] […]…ερα τοῦ καὶ…
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