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Nomination of a sitologos by the komarchs of Sebennytos TM 11614Sebennyta (Arsinoites)ca. 313

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A nomination to a compulsory public service (liturgy), addressed by two village heads (komarchs) of Sebennytos to Antonius Sarapammon, strategos of the Arsinoite nome. They put forward, on their own responsibility, a villager to serve as sitologos (grain collector); the name of the nominee is lost. Written around AD 313 in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

To Antonius Sarapammon, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, from the Aurelii […] son of Serapion and […], both komarchs of the village of Sebennytos. We give and report, at our own risk, as sitologos from among the inhabitants of the same village, one who will take up and carry out the liturgy appropriate to him […] Farewell. The person is: […] […]

The office of sitologos is restored by the editor; the nominee's name, which followed at the end, is lost. Komarchs were liable for the nominee, hence 'at our own risk'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nomination to Liturgic Office). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 313 · Sebennyta (Arsinoites)

Ἀντωνίῳ Σαραπάμμωνι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων […] Σεραπίωνος καὶ …[…] ἀμφοτέρων κωμαρχῶν κώμης Σεβεννύτων· δίδομεν καὶ προσαγγέλλομεν τῷ ἰδίῳ ἡμῶν κινδύνῳ σιτολόγον πολιτῶν τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης καὶ ἀντιλαμβανόμενον καὶ ἐκτελοῦντα τὴν προσήκουσαν αὐτῷ λειτουργίαν …[…] διευτύχει…