Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658 (P. Oxy. 658 or P. Oxy. IV 658) is one of four examples of libelli found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. The last lines of the manuscript declare the date — the first year of the emperor Decius, whose full name was Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius. We know the first year of his reign was 250 AD.

Text
  • Original lines are retained (and numbered).
  • Text in [brackets] is reconstructed to fill a gap (lacuna) in the papyrus.
  • Full stops in brackets represent character spaces that cannot be reconstructed.
  • Text in (parentheses) is full spelling of an abbreviation.
  • Letters with subscript dots are incomplete or indistinct.
1 τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν [καὶ]
2 θυσιῶν πόλ[εως]
3 παρ' Αὐρηλίου Λ̣[.....]
4 θίωνος Θεοδώρου μη[τρὸς]
5 Παντωνυμίδος ἀπὸ τ̣ῆ̣[ς]
6 αὐτῆς πόλεως. ἀεὶ μὲν
7 θύων καὶ σπένδων [τοῖ]ς
8 θεοῖς [δ]ιετέλ[εσα ἔ]τ̣ι̣ δ̣ὲ
9 καὶ νῦν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν
10 κατὰ τὰ κελευσθ[έ]ν[τα]
11 ἔσπεισα καὶ ἔθυσα κα[ὶ]
12 τῶν ἱερῶν ἐγευσάμην
13 ἅμα τῷ υἱῷ μου Αὐρη-
14 λίῳ Διοσκόρῳ καὶ τῇ
15 θυγατρί μου Αὐρηλίᾳ
16 Λαίδ̣ι. ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶς ὑπο-
17 σημιώσασθαι μοι.
18 (ἔτους) 1 Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος During the first year of the Emperor Caesar
19 Γαίου Μεσσίου Κυίντου Gaius Messius Quintus
20 Τραιανοῦ Δεκίου Traianus Decius
21 Εὐσεβοῦ[ς Εὐ]τυχοῦς Eusebius Eutychus
22 [Σεβασ]τοῦ [Παῦ]νι Sebastian Pauni
23 [.....]ν̣( ) [ ? ][1]

See also

References
  1. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV. London. p. 50.


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