Agreement for a substitute to perform a labour liturgy TM 15492Oxyrhynchos206 - 212

A fragmentary agreement from Oxyrhynchus in which a man nominated by the district scribe of the 5th tribe for a labour service ordered by the prefect Subatianus Aquila arranges for Theon son of Melas to perform the service in his place from the month Tybi, apparently for a payment in drachmas. It dates to AD 206-212.

In English machine translation

The amphodogrammateus was the scribe of a city quarter responsible for nominating men to compulsory public services (liturgies). The "Epagathian" destination of the workmen is uncertain, possibly a named estate or work site; the amount of drachmas is partly restored.

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