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A copy from the public notices of the strategos Hierax alias Hermoapollonios of the Arsinoite nome, announcing the appointment of a replacement for Theon, a freedman who had completed his term as supervisor (epiteretes) at Dionysias. The replacement is described as wealthy and suitable; his name is lost.
The abbreviation read as year 21 'of Hadrian' conflicts with the date AD 186 (reign of Commodus); it may refer to the month Hadrianos (Choiak), matching the November-December date. An epiteretes was a liturgical supervisor, here apparently of a property or revenue called 'Ptolemaios Kroniou'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Public Notice of Liturgic Appointment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἐκ προγραμμάτων Ἱέρακος τοῦ καὶ Ἡρμοαπολλωνίου στρατηγοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου Θεμίστου καὶ Πολέμωνος μερίδων κα ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ· ἀντὶ Θέωνος Σε[…]ου ἀπελευθέρου Διδύμου ἐπιτηρητοῦ Πτολεμαίου Κρονίου κώμης Διονυσιάδος πεπληρωκότος τὸν ὡρισμένον χρόνον, δίδομεν τὸν ὑπογεγραμμένον ἀκολούθως κα…
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