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Proceedings before the logistes concerning restitution of goods to Didymos TM 15280Oxyrhynchos

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Minutes of proceedings before the logistes (city curator) of Oxyrhynchus, held in the Hadrianeion. A man named Didymos, who had petitioned the prefect Flavius Magnilianus over goods taken from him, and four countrymen who were former eirenarchs, state that the goods have been restored and the matter settled, and the logistes records the settlement.

In English machine translation

[…] Tybi 4, in the Hadrianeion. In the presence of ⟦…⟧ [Serenos and Petr]onios and Choous and Horion, all former eirenarchs, […] and Tithoes and Sarapas, assistants, and Euangelos, assessor. [Didymos said:] […] I referred to my lord the most distinguished prefect of [Egypt] Flavius Magnilianus concerning our affairs, and he preserved [my rights]; so I recovered what is ours. The logistes said: Read what my lord the most distinguished prefect of Egypt Flavius Magnilianus [ordered]. And it was read as follows: "Flavius Magnilianus to the logistes of the Oxyrhynchite, greetings. Didymos, having submitted a petition to my […], (claiming) that he has suffered the removal of goods belonging [to himself] at the hands of certain persons, of which I [ordered] a copy to be appended to this letter of mine, […] now […] see to it that […] provide, if he should furnish the proofs of the removal that took place […] before trial. Farewell." After the reading the logistes said: What do those present, the countrymen Serenos and Petronios and Choous and Horion, say? You have heard the order of my lord the most distinguished prefect of Egypt Flavius Magnilianus [and] what was deposed by Didymos in the minutes, that he has been paid in full for his goods. So you too state what you did in this matter: or did Didymos demand anything further from you? The aforesaid answered: Whatever we were judged (to owe) in the court, we have given; and we came to an agreement among ourselves. The logistes said: Both the statement of Didymos and that of the countrymen are entered in the minutes; for since the order of my lord the most distinguished prefect commanded that what was truly owed be restored, this has been done in accordance with what was declared, as I said, by both parties in the minutes.

Flavius Magnilianus was prefect of Egypt around AD 391, which dates the proceedings to the late 4th century. Eirenarchs were local police officials; the logistes was the municipal curator who heard such cases."}

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

p.oxy.54.3767

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

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