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Proceedings before Isidorus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia, on grain sales TM 15352Oxyrhynchos
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Fragmentary minutes of court proceedings held before Isidorus, governor of the province of Aegyptus Iovia, with Latin framing and Greek speeches. The surviving part concerns an inquiry into how grain was sold by town councillors, apparently buying cheap and selling dear, with mention of peasants.
In English machine translation
[Fragment 1, column 1]
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Isidorus […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia […]
[…] agreed (?) […]
[…]. He replied: thirty (?) […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia, said: […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia, said: […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia, said to the office staff: […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia, said: […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia, said: […]
When the people of Hierakonpolis (?) had been brought in […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia […]
Isidorus, vir perfectissimus, governor of Aegyptus Iovia […]
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[Fragment 2]
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[…] you councillors, how the grain was sold. Apollonius […]
[…] who having been harassed (?)
[…] I am examining. For it is possible for the councillors to lie. He replied: thirty […]
[…] He replied: Yes. […]
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[…] often […]
[…] having bought at a lower price, [selling (?)] at a higher […]
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[…] of the peasants […]
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Aegyptus Iovia was a province created under the Tetrarchy in the early 4th century AD; the record is bilingual, with Latin headings and Greek direct speech. 'Vir perfectissimus' is an honorific rank title for equestrian officials.
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 a Praeses Iouiae). 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.51.3619
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