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Petition of Gemellus alias Horion against nomination to a liturgy by the elders of Karanis TM 12264Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt199/200[?] A.D.

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Petition from Gemellus alias Horion, a half-blind landowner at Karanis and citizen of Antinoopolis, to the epistrategos Arrius Victor. He complains that the village elders of Karanis nominated him for liturgical service under a false name, although as an Antinoite he may only serve in Antinoopolis, and he cites a letter he obtained from the prefect Alfenus Apolinarius.

In English machine translation

To Arrius Victor, the most excellent epistrategos, from Gemellus also called Horion, son of Gaius Apolinarius Niger, weak of sight, landowner in the village of Karanis of the division of Herakleides. Of your justice that reaches all men, greatest of procurators, I too, suffering violence, ask to obtain justice from you. The matter is as follows: The elders of the village of Karanis of the same division of Herakleides, being utterly unscrupulous, using their own violence and arrogance, nominated me as their colleague under the name Horos son of Apolinarius, a non-existent name which I do not recognize; for he (the nominator) did not declare that he was maimed or disabled or any other of my distinguishing marks, nor indeed is it permitted for me to be styled otherwise, since I am an Antinoite, nor again to perform liturgies except in the city of Antinoopolis alone. Furthermore, by the members of the city's council, when it met, I was permitted to wear the chlamys. Because not only am I one-eyed, but with the other eye that I am thought to have I do not see, a white film having appeared over its pupil and my sight being impaired, for this reason I petitioned also our most excellent prefect and obtained from him a sacred letter, of which this is a copy: Alfenus Apolinarius to the strategos of the division of Herakleides, greetings. […] petition […] Horion […] […] […] […] […] […] since […] until now […] and […] […] […] outrage (?) […] […] […] […] […]

Citizens of Antinoopolis enjoyed exemption from liturgies outside their city; the right to wear the chlamys seems to mark a civic privilege granted by the council. The copy of the prefect's letter and the rest of the petition are almost entirely lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to the Epistrategus concerning a Liturgy). 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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Petition concerning Exemption from Liturgical Service

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 2929 · 199/200[?] A.D. · Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Petition addressed to the epistrategos Arrius Victor by Gemellus alias Horion, requesting that his right to exemption from liturgical service as an elder of Karanis be confirmed, in agreement with his privileges as an Antinoite

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Petition to the Epistrategos

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 2997 · 199/200[?] A.D. · Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Petition addressed to the epistrategos Arrius Victor by Gemellus alias Horion, requesting that his right to exemption from liturgical service as an elder of Karanis be confirmed, in agreement with his privileges as an Antinoite

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Petition to the epistrategos

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · uninventoried · AD 199 - 200 (?) · Karanis (Arsinoites)

Petition to the epistrategos Arrius Victor by Gemellus alias Horion, requesting that his right to exemption from liturgical service be confirmed,

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p.mich.6.426

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 199 - 200 (?) · Karanis (Arsinoites)

Ἀρρίῳ Οὐίκτορι τῷ κρατίστῳ ἐπιστρατήγωι παρὰ Γεμέλλου τοῦ καὶ Ὡρίωνος Γαίου Ἀπολιναρίου Νίγερος ἀσθενοῦς τὴν ὄψιν γεουχοῦντος ἐν κώμῃ Καρανίδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. τῆς εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους φθανούσης δικαιοκρισίας, ἐπιτρόπων μέγιστε, καὶ αὐτὸς βίαν πάσχων δέομαι τῶν ἀπὸ σοῦ δικ…