bgu.15.2557
ἔτους[…]Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα Τραιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ, Παῦνι κβ ἐν Καρανίδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Παγκράτης Πετεύρεως Πέρσης τῆς ἐπιγονῆς [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9819
Opening of a contract of Pankrates son of Peteuris TM 9819Karanis (Arsinoites)103 - 114
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The opening of a contract drawn up at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome under the emperor Trajan, on Pauni 22 of an unknown regnal year. Pankrates son of Peteuris, a 'Persian of the epigone', is the party making the acknowledgement, but the substance of the agreement is lost.
In English machine translation
[Year …] of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
[Germanicus Dacicus, Pau]ni 22, at Karanis in the Herakleides division
[of the Arsinoite nome. Acknowledges] Pankrates son of Peteuris, Persian of the epigone,
[…]
Only the dating formula and the start of the acknowledgement survive. 'Persian of the epigone' is a legal status label common in contracts of this period, not a statement of actual ethnic origin.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dating Formula). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.