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Draft declaration of Ammon on his appearance in Alexandria to meet Eugeneios TM 100072Alexandria bzw. Panopolis348 CE

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Draft of a formal declaration (diasphalismos) by Ammon, the scholastikos of Panopolis, stating that he came to Alexandria within the deadline fixed in a written agreement with Flavius Eugeneios, a memorarius, but could not find him there. It belongs to Ammon's dispute over the slaves of his late brother Harpokration and dates to 7 December 348.

In English machine translation

Whereas Flavius Eugeneios, memorarius, and I, Ammon, made together a written agreement in the city of the Panopolites concerning a certain matter, and I do not know why I was induced to accept in this agreement such a deadline, namely that from Hathyr 27 within 20 days I should present myself in Alexandria; and having come today here to this city, I did not meet the aforementioned Eugeneios, nor have I been able to find him; for this reason […] [into the] city of the Alexandrians […] […] […]

A diasphalismos is a formal protective declaration recording that one party had appeared as agreed, here addressed to the katholikos Flavius Sisinnius. A memorarius was a clerk of the imperial chancellery.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Der Diasphalismos an Flavius Sisinnius. Konzept vom 7. Dez. 348). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Power of attorney [348]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 19 R · 348 CE
Power of attorney [348]

Text with a power of attorney from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Aurelius Ammon son of Petearbeschinis, the well-known scholastikos or lawyer, from Panopolis authorizes with this power of attorney his friend Aurelius Faustinos, former magistrate and …

p.ammon.2.28

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 7. Dez. 348 · Alexandria bzw. Panopolis

ἐπειδὴ Φλάυιος Εὐγένειος μεμοράριος καὶ ἐγὼ ὁ Ἄμμων ὁμολογίαν ἔγγραφον κοινῇ πεποιήμεθα ἐπὶ τῆς Πανοπολιτῶν πόλεως περί τινος πράγματος καὶ οὐκ οἶδ’ ἀνθ’ ὅτου ἐνήχθην προθεσμίαν τοιαύτην ἐν τῆι ὁμολογίαι ταύτηι καταδέξασθαι ὥστε ἀπὸ κζ Ἁθὺρ εἴσω ἡμερῶν κ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειάν με παραγ…