p.koeln;16;646

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Translation (Model: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11, Batch ID: 173)

Extracted Koine Greek (best-effort reconstruction)

βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας τῶν ἐκ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν, ἐφ’ ἱερέως Σωσιπάτρου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου, Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Σωτήρων καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων καὶ θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλομητόρων, ἀθλοφόρου Βερενίκης Εὐεργέτιδος, κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Ἑρμοκλέους, ἱερείας Ἀρσινόης Φιλοπάτορος Δημαρίου Μητροφάνους, ἐν Κροκοδείλων πόλει τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ.

ὅρκος, ὃν ὤμοσαν, ὑφ’ ὃν καὶ ὑπεχειρογράφησαν … περὶ Μοῦχιν τόπων οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι.

ὀμνύομεν βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον καὶ βασίλισσαν Κλεοπάτραν τὴν ἀδελφὴν, θεοὺς Φιλομήτορας, τοὺς ἐκ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλίσσης Κλεοπάτρας, καὶ θεοὺς … καὶ θεοὺς Φιλομήτορας καὶ θεοὺς Ἐπιφανεῖς καὶ θεοὺς Φιλοπάτορας καὶ θεοὺς Εὐεργέτας καὶ θεοὺς Ἀδελφούς καὶ θεοὺς Σωτῆρας, καὶ τὸν Σάραπιν καὶ τὴν Ἶσιν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους θεοὺς πάντας …

εὐορκοῦσι μὲν ἡμῖν εὖ εἴη, ἐφιορκοῦσι δὲ τὰ ἐναντία (τἀναντία).

[Portions of the supplied text are fragmentary/garbled (likely line-break artifacts or damaged papyrus transcription), so ellipses mark places where the Greek cannot be recovered confidently from what was provided.]

Extracted Latin

vestiges

English Translation

“In the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, the descendants of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, the Manifest Gods (Epiphaneis), in the priesthood of Sosipater son of Apollonius, (priest) of Alexander and of the Savior Gods and of the Sibling Gods and of the Benefactor Gods and of the Father-loving Gods and of the Manifest Gods and of the Mother-loving Gods, with the prize-bearer of Berenice the Benefactress, with the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphus, (namely) Hermocles, with the priestess of Arsinoe Philopator, Demarius daughter of Metrophanes, in Crocodilopolis of the Arsinoite nome.

“Oath, which they swore, under which they also signed by hand … concerning the places of Mouchis, the undersigned (persons).”

“We swear by King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra his sister, the Mother-loving Gods (Philometores), the children of King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, and by the gods … and by the Mother-loving Gods and the Manifest Gods and the Father-loving Gods and the Benefactor Gods and the Sibling Gods and the Savior Gods, and by Sarapis and Isis and all the other gods …”

“If we keep our oath, may it be well for us; but if we swear falsely, may the opposite (things) befall (us).”

Latin: vestiges = “traces / remnants.”

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