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p.oxy.33.2673 5. Febr. 304Chysis (Oxyrhynchites)

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Declaration of church property by a reader of the church of Chysis. A sworn declaration by Aurelius Ammonios, reader of the former church at the village of Chysis, to the officials of Oxyrhynchus, stating that the church owned no valuables, slaves, livestock or property except a bronze gate, already handed to the logistes for transport to Alexandria. It was made in February 304 during the Great Persecution under Diocletian. machine translation

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Transcription

ἐπὶ ὑπάτων τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν αὐτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανοῦ τὸ ἔνατον καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τὸ η Σεβαστῶν Αὐρηλίοις Νείλῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀμμωνίῳ γυμ[…]βουλευτῇ ἐνάρχῳ πρυτάνει καὶ Σαρμάτῃ καὶ Ματρίνῳ ἀμφοτέροις γυμ βουλευταῖς συνδίκοις τοῖς πᾶσι τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρήλιος Ἀμμώνιος Κοπρέως ἀναγνωστὴς τῆς ποτε ἐκκλησίας κώμης Χύσεως ἐπιθεμένων ὑμῶν ἐμοὶ ἀκολούθως τοῖς γραφεῖσι ὑπὸ Αὐρηλίου Ἀθανασίου ἐπιτρόπου πριουάτης ὡς ἐκ κελεύσεως τοῦ διασημοτάτου μαγίστρου τῆς πριουάτης Νερατίου Ἀπολλωνίδου περὶ τοῦ παραστῆσαι ἅπαντα τὰ εἴδη τὰ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ποτε ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ ἐμοῦ προενεγκαμένου μὴ ἔχειν τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκκλησίαν μήτε χρυσὸν μήτε ἄσημον μήτε ἀργύριον μήτε ἐσθῆτα μήτε τετράποδα μήτε ἀνδράποδα μήτε οἰκόπεδα μήτε ὑπάρχοντα μήτε ἀπὸ χαρισμάτων μηδʼ αὖ ἀπὸ διαθηκῶν εἰ μὴ μόνην τὴν εὑρεθεῖσαν χαλκῆν πύλην καὶ παραδοθεῖσαν τῷ λογιστῇ πρὸς τὸ κατενεγχθῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν λαμπροτάτην Ἀλεξάνδριαν ἀκολούθως τοῖς γραφεῖσι ὑπὸ τοῦ διασημοτάτου ἡμῶν ἡγεμόνος Κλωδίου Κουλκιανοῦ καὶ ὀμνύω τὴν τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν αὐτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ Σεβαστῶν καὶ Κωνσταντίου καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων καισάρων τύχην ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἔχειν καὶ μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ θείῳ ὅρκῳ ἔτους κ καὶ ιβ τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ Σεβαστῶν καὶ Κωνσταντίου καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων καισάρων. Μεχεὶρ ι.[…] Αὐρήλιος Ἀμμώνιος ὤμοσα τὸν ὅρκον ὡς πρόκειται· Αὐρήλιος Σερῆνος ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰδότος γράμματα

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
In the consulship of our lords the emperors Diocletian for the 9th time and Maximian for the 8th time, Augusti. To the Aurelii Neilos also called Ammonios, former gymnasiarch (?), councillor, prytanis in office, and Sarmates and Matrinus, both former gymnasiarchs, councillors, syndics, all of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, from Aurelius Ammonios son of Kopreus, reader of the former church of the village of Chysis. Whereas you instructed me, in accordance with what was written by Aurelius Athanasios, procurator of the privy purse (res privata), as on the order of the most eminent magister of the privy purse Neratius Apollonides, concerning the production of all the goods in the said former church, and I declared that the said church had neither gold nor silver bullion nor coined silver nor clothing nor cattle nor slaves nor buildings nor property, neither from gifts nor again from bequests, except only the bronze gate which was found and handed over to the logistes to be carried down to most illustrious Alexandria in accordance with what was written by our most eminent prefect Clodius Culcianus; and I swear by the Fortune of our lords the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, Augusti, and Constantius and Maximian, most noble Caesars, that this is so and that I have falsified nothing, or may I be liable to the divine oath. Year 20 and 12 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian, Augusti, and Constantius and Maximian, most noble Caesars, Mecheir 1[…]. I, Aurelius Ammonios, swore the oath as above. I, Aurelius Serenos, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters.

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