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Title A fragment of the Antiquitates Romanae
Work Dionysius Halicarnassensis, Antiquitates romanae 4.77-78
Principal Edition P.Oxy. 73 4946
Catalog(s) MP3 00343.110
Fragments Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 100/112(a)
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 11.2cm wide x 16.8cm high
Date 200 - 299
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Origin Fundort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); Schreibort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt)
More from Fundort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); Schreibort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt)
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 2)
Script Type informal hand
Genre prose
Culture literature
Religion classical
Images 163.1.169.40/.../POxy.v0073.n4946.a.01.hires; doi.org/.../oxford.21180493; doi.org/.../oxford.21180496
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Trismegistos: 117825 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 73 4946 (2009)
Inv. no. Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 100/112(a)
Date AD 200 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]

DCLP transcription: 117825 [xml]

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1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ν
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6[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣
[  ̣  ̣  ̣ ἐθισμοὺς καὶ νόμους τὴν] δυ-
[ναστείαν κατασχόντα οὔτ'] ἐ̣πει-
[δὴ κατέσχεν ὅπως δή ποτε] λ̣α⟦β⟧- ―
10[βών, καλῶς αὐτῆ καὶ βασι]λι-
[κῶς χρώμενον, ἀλλ’ ὑπερβε]βλ⟦  ̣⟧η-
[κότα πάντας ὕβρει τε καὶ] π̣α-
[ρανομίᾳ τοὺς ὅπου δή ποτε γ]ενο-
[μένους τυράννους, ἀφελέ]σ̣θαι
15[τὴν ἐξουσίαν βεβουλεύμε]θ̣α ― column ii
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1μεν ἡ̣μῖν γ̣[ε]ν̣έ̣σ̣[θ]α̣[ι, π]ρ̣[άτ]τ̣[οντ’]
ἐλευθερίαν τῇ πατρίδι, ἧς οὔτε π̣[ρό-]
τερον ἡμῖν ἐξεγένετο μεταλαβεῖ̣[ν,]
ἐξ οὗ Ταρκύνιος τὴν ἀρχὴν κατέ[σ]
5χεν, οὔθ’ ὕστερον̣, ἐὰν νῦν μαλα-
κισ[θ]ῶ̣μεν, ἐξέσ̣ται̣. εἰ μὲν ο̣ὖν̣
χρόνον εἶχον, ὅσον ἐβουλόμην
ἢ πρὸς ἀγνοοῦντας ἔμελλον λέ-
γειν, ἁπάσας δ̣ι̣ε̣ξ̣[ῆλθον] ἂ̣ν τ[ὰς]
10τοῦ τυράννου παρα[νο]μ̣ίας, ἐφ’ [αἷς]
οὐχ ἅπαξ, ἀλλὰ πολλάκις ἢν ἀ-
πολωλέναι δίκαιος ἐπειδὴ
δὲ ὁ καίρος, ὃν πράγματά μο[ι]
[δί]δωσι, βραχύς, ἐν ᾧ λέγειν μὲν
15ὀλίγα̣ δεῖ, πράττειν δὲ πολλά, καὶ

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