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HGV: P.Petra 5 78 [source] [xml]

Title Official letter
Publications P.Petra 5 78
More in series P.PetraMore in series P.Petra, vol. 5
Inv. Id Petra Inv. 90
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Origin Petra (?) (Tertia Palaestina Salutaris)
More from Petra (?) (Tertia Palaestina Salutaris)
Material Papyrus
Date VI (?)
More from the period between 501 CE and 600 CE
Print Illustrations Plates CL
Subjects Brief (amtlich); Kirche; Bekanntgabe
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Catalog Record: petra.apis.78 [xml]

Title Official Letter
Summary An official letter by an unknown magistrate containing a request for the defensor civitatis of Petra, Flavius Valens, son of Nonnos, to make some notice publicly known.
Citations P.Petra V 78
Inv. Id Petra Inv. 90
Support/Dimensions ca. 50 x 5 cm
Origin Petra (?) (Tertia Palaestina Salutaris)
More from Petra (?) (Tertia Palaestina Salutaris)
Language Greek
Date 6th century (?)
More from the period between 501 CE and 600 CE
Note (general) Written along the fibers in a broad column. The right margin of 5 cm. The hand is very large and practiced, but not elegant. The signature of Flavius Valens is written in a smaller cursive.
Note (general) Reproduced in plates CL
Note (local/note) Field no. A
Subjects Papyri; Letter
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.petra.5.78 [xml]

[- ca.20 -]  ̣π  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]ον[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]οσ̣  ̣[  ̣]  ̣  ̣[  ̣]γι  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]ω[  ̣]ο̣  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣[  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣
[- ca.20 -]  ̣  ̣  ̣ τὸν π̣ερ[ι]λογιώτ̣ατον̣ ἔκδικον κ̣[α]ὶ̣ τ̣ο[ὺ]ς̣ δ̣ημοσιεύο̣ντ̣ας Πέ̣τ̣ρας̣ [π]ρ̣οθεῖναι
[- ca.20 -]  ̣τω τῆς̣ ἐκκλησίας̣ (hand 2) Φλ(άουιος) Οὐά̣λ̣η̣ς̣ Νόννου σ̣ὺ̣ν Θ(ε)ῷ ἔκδικο̣ς̣ τῆς Πετρα̣ίων πόλεως π̣ρ̣ο̣έθη̣κ[α].
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APIS Translation (English)

(1. H.) (Lines 2–3) . . . (that) the most learned defensor and the public (officials) of Petra display . . . . . of the church. † (2. H.) † I, Flavius Valens, son of Nonnos, defensor of the city of the Petraeans, by the grace of God, have displayed (it).