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Proceedings before the praeses of the Thebaid on honourable discharge of a soldier TM 15836unbekannt1. Febr. 300 - 306

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Fragmentary minutes of a court hearing before the governor (praeses) of the Thebaid, mixing Latin narrative formulas with Greek speech. The case concerns Anubion, a summus of the First Ala of the Vadi stationed in the Oasis, who seeks an honourable discharge after completing his service despite accusations by Horion, Hermeias and Isidoros.

In English machine translation

[... lines lost ...] [...] [...] [...]retikios (?) [...] [...] [...] and Ptolemaeus, decurion of the Tentyrites, Hermi[...] [...] citizen (?) [...] he will have fulfilled everything [...] [...] vir perfectissimus, praeses of the Thebaid, said: "The office will receive those [...]" Anubion, summus of the First Ala of the Vadi, having been brought in [...] "[...] of those stationed in the Oasis, he reported to your Magnificence. He was in service (?), as has been prescribed, for the appointed time. But recently Horion and Hermeias and Isidoros [...] have slandered Anubion, the present summus [...]" [...] vir perfectissimus, praeses of the Thebaid, said to Anubion: "Having been sent long ago [...]" He said: "I was occupied with the accounts office, since I happened to be summus [...] [...] of honourable discharge [...] by you, my lord [...]" [...] vir perfectissimus, praeses of the Thebaid, said to the office staff: "What does the office say? Has he completed the period [...]?" "[...] with the 16 talents deposited of Tacitus and Placidius [...]" The vir perfectissimus, praeses of the Thebaid, said: "If he has completed his stipendia according to [...]" [... lines lost ...]

Honesta missio (honourable discharge) granted soldiers privileges after completing their stipendia (years of service). The rank summus has no exact English equivalent; it seems to denote a senior non-commissioned post in the cavalry unit.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prozeßverhandlung über honesta missio vor dem Präses der Thebais). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Febr. 300 - 306

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