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Address of a document from Aurelius Victor to the primarii of Herakleopolis TM 33254HerakleopolisIV - V

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The opening address of a document, probably a petition or declaration, from Aurelius Victor to Flavius Nemesianus and a colleague, the primarii (leading officials) of Herakleopolis. Only the heading survives. It dates to the 4th or 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Nemesianus and D[…], primarii of Herakleopolis, from Aurelius Victor […]

Primarii were leading members of a civic or official body in late antique Egypt; the word has no exact English equivalent. The text breaks off after the sender's name, so the document's purpose is unknown.

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

bgu.3.958d

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - V · Herakleopolis

Φλαουίῳ Νεμεσιανῷ καὶ Δ…… πριμαρίοις Ἡρακλέους πόλεως παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Βίκτορος [… ? lines lost …]