Fragment of a record of proceedings held before a Roman emperor, with exchanges between the emperor (Caesar) and a speaker named Claudius Atilianus. The Antiochenes and a legal claim or document are mentioned. It was found at Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 2nd century AD.
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Caesar said: "Let it be said (?)" […]
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[…] me memorandum (?) […]
[…] since also […]
[…] memorandum to me […]
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Caesar said: "[…]
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the legal claim (?)"
Claudius Atilianus answered: "Most divine of emperors, […] trust […] in this legal claim as being true and […]"
The Greek dikaioma can mean a legal claim, a plea, or a supporting document produced in court. Such records of imperial hearings may have circulated in literary or semi-literary form.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Proceedings before an Emperor). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.