Extracted Text

Koine Greek

οὐ στολιστοῦ
ἱ
ερέως
οὐ στολιστοῦ
Μαρρείο[υς] στολισ[τοῦ]
θεῶν ἱεροῦ λογίμου
τῶν ἐν Ἀρσινοείτῃ θεῶν
τῷ κρατίστῳ ἀρχιερῖ Οὐλπίῳ Σερη[νιανῷ]
περιτμηθῆ̣ναι την παῖδά μ[ου]
καθὼς πρόκ̣[ειται]
Ἑλληνικ
προκ]ειμένων γ̣ο̣[νέων
γονέων τῶ[ν
τὸν] παῖδα εἶναι γ̣[ονέων
τὸν παῖδα εἶναι
τὸν παῖδα εἶναι γον[έων
θεοῦ] μεγάλου μεγάλ[ου
τῶν ἐν Ἀρσινοείτῃ θεῶν
λγ

Latin

Lucii Aelii Aurelii Commodi Caesaris tui domini

Translation

"Of the decorated (one) of the gods, the sacred and rational (one) of the gods in Arsinoe, to the most esteemed high priest Ulpian Serenian, to have my daughter circumcised as it is prescribed, according to the Greek (customs) of the ancestors, the ancestors of the child to be of the great god of the gods in Arsinoe."

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ο]υ στολ̣[ιστοῦ
]ι̣ως ἱ[ερέως (?)
]ον τε̣[
ο]υ στο̣[λιστοῦ
] Μαρρεί[ο]υς στολισ[τοῦ
θε]ῶ̣ν ἱεροῦ λογίμου̣ [
τ]ῶν ἐν Ἀρσινοείτῃ [θεῶν
τῷ κρατίστῳ ἀρχ]ιερῖ Οὐλπίῳ Σερη[νιανῷ
[περιτμηθ]ῆ̣ναι την παῖδά μ[ου
] καθὼς πρόκ̣[ειται
]ος Ἑλληνικ̣[
προκ]ειμένων γ̣ο̣[νέων
] γονέων τῶ[ν
τὸν] παῖδα εἶναι γ̣[ονέων
τ]ὸν παῖδα εἶναι[
τὸν] παῖδα εἶναι γον[έων
θεοῦ] μεγάλου μεγάλ[ου
τῶν ἐν Ἀρσ]ι̣νοείτῃ θεῶν [
(ἔτους) λγ Λου[κίου Αἰλίου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου]

Extracted Latin Text

(No explicit Latin text found; the name "Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Caesar" is Latin in origin but here presented in Greek transliteration.)

English Translation

...of the stolistes (official responsible for dressing statues of gods)...
...of the priest (?)...
...Marreios, stolistes...
...of the sacred treasury (?) of the gods...
...of the gods in the Arsinoite nome...
To the most excellent high priest Ulpius Serenianus...
...that my child be circumcised...
...as is prescribed...
...Greek...
...the aforementioned parents...
...the child is of parents...
...the child is of parents...
...the child is of parents...
...of the great god...
...of the gods in the Arsinoite nome...
Year 33 of Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Caesar, the lord.

Notes

This fragmentary papyrus appears to be a petition or official document addressed to a high priest named Ulpius Serenianus, mentioning religious officials ("stolistes"), circumcision of a child, and references to gods worshipped in the Arsinoite nome (region in Egypt). The dating reference ("Year 33 of Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Caesar") places the document in the late 2nd century CE, during the reign of Emperor Commodus (180–192 CE).