One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 16516
Bilingual proceedings before Iulianus, deputy of the praetorian prefects TM 16516Oxyrhynchos315 (?)
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Fragment of bilingual court minutes from Oxyrhynchus, probably of AD 315, recording a hearing before Iulianus, deputy of the praetorian prefects. Only the Latin speaker headings and scraps of the Greek speeches survive, including remarks addressed to a party and to the office staff.
In English machine translation
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Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
against the same […]
Ammonie(?) […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects, said to him: […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects, said: having ordered(?) […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects, said to the office staff: […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects, said to him: not […]
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Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects, said to him: […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects, said to him: […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
[…] to be in danger […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
Iulianus, vir perfectissimus, acting in place of the praetorian prefects […]
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In such minutes the framework (speaker names, titles, 'said') was written in Latin while the spoken words were recorded in Greek. 'Vir perfectissimus' is a Late Roman 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 Bilingual Judicial Proceedings). 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.41.2952
[r,1] [… ? lines lost …] [… 7 lines lost …] […]…αι […]…υτουτο [r,2] [… ? lines lost …] Iulianus vir perfectissimus agens vices praefectorum praetorio […] Iulianus vir perfectissimus agens vices praefectorum praetorio […] Iulianus vir perfectissimus agens vices praefectorum praeto…