Latin fragments mentioning Chaerilion, Oxyrhynchus and a consul Geta TM 42956Unknown place(Late) IInd century A.D.

Badly damaged Latin papyrus fragments of uncertain nature from the late 2nd century AD. Only scattered words survive, including the name Chaerilion, a reference to Oxyrhynchus, a consular date naming Geta, and mention of something shut in a ship and handed over.

In English machine translation

The text has been described as possibly a contract, a list of auxiliary soldiers, or a mythological or historical text. The consular date with Geta may point to a consulship of the Severan period, e.g. AD 203 or 205, though this is not certain.

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