Dating Formulas
Dating formulas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89153
Ostracon with repeated dating formulas of Nero TM 89153This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 62 (September?)
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Two fragments of an ostracon from Berenike on the Red Sea coast preserving repeated imperial dating formulas naming Nero (Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator) and the month Sebastos. It probably dates to AD 62 and may have belonged to a series of receipts or a practice text.
In English machine translation
[fragment 1]
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[…] …
[…] of Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
[…] Imperator, month of Sebastos, 10
[…] of Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
[…] Imperator, month of Sebastos, 5
[…] of Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
[…] Imperator, month […]
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[fragment 2]
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[…] Germanicus […]
[…]
[…] sacred (?) […] of Nero […]
[…]
[…]
The emperor named is Nero, whose official style was Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; Sebastos was the honorific name for the month Thoth, beginning in late August and running into September.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dating Formulas). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.berenike.2.127
[fragment 1] [… ? lines lost …] […] … […] Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ […] Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ι […] Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ […] Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ε […] Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ […] Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]…