Μάρκος Πετρώνιος Μεμερτῖνος ἔπαρχος Αἰγύπτου λέγει· ἐβουλόμην μὲν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ὑπὲρ Κόπτον ἀνεθεῖν τὸν διαλογισμὸν ἀπαρτίσαι ται τῶν νομῶν ἐπεὶ δὲ τεκμαίρομαι τὸν χρόνον οὐχ ἱκανὸν εἶναι εἰς ἀμφότερα, πλειόνων τῶν τοῦ διαλογισμοῦ δεομένων ἤδη τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις τὴν προσήκουσαν διάγνωσην εἰληφότων, νυνὶ δὲ διαλογίζομαι τὴν Θηβαΐδα καὶ τοὺς Ἑπτὰ νομοὺς κατὰ τὴν συνήθειαν.
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ
Marcus Petronius Memertinus, governor of Egypt, says: I was indeed willing to dedicate to those in Upper Egypt the reasoning to arrange the laws. But since I conclude that the time is not sufficient for both, I am already considering the necessary reasoning of the local matters, and now I am deliberating on Thebes and the Seven Laws according to the custom.
Of the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus.