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Nomination of liturgists for guard duty at Tebtynis TM 14254Tebtynis (Arsinoites)224 - 225

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The opening of a nomination list for compulsory public service (liturgy), addressed by the two village and quarter scribes of Tebtynis to the strategos Aurelius Sereniskos alias Hermesias. It concerns guard duty in the 4th year of Severus Alexander. The list of names itself is lost.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Sereniskos also called Hermesias, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos and Polemon divisions, from the Aurelii Harpokration and Diogenes, the 2 amphodokomogrammateis of the village of Tebtynis. For guard duty at the strategia (?) of the current 4th year of our lord Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus […]

An amphodokomogrammateus was a scribe responsible for both the quarters (amphoda) and the village as a whole, who nominated people for liturgies. The phrase 'guard duty of the strategia' probably refers to guarding the strategos' office.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liturgische Vorschlagsliste). 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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p.heid.2.223

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 224 - 225 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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