Imperial pronouncement of Severus Alexander on governors and capital appeals TM 65841OxyrhynchosIII

Fragment of an imperial pronouncement, identified as a letter or edict of the emperor Severus Alexander, forbidding procurators and provincial governors from some practice and stressing the emperor's concern for the freedom of his subjects. It then begins a provision about people condemned in capital cases who have appealed. The copy was found at Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 3rd century AD.

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The attribution to Severus Alexander comes from the catalogue title; the emperor's name does not survive in the preserved lines. The word translated 'proclamation' (prorrhesis) denotes a public announcement or edict.

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