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Petition of an agent of Calpurnius Horion to a canaliclarius about accusations TM 16642OxyrhynchosJan. 271 - März 272

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A fragmentary petition or official communication from Calpurnius Eusebius, agent of the former hypomnematographos Calpurnius Horion, to the official Aurelius Herakleianus, canaliclarius, concerning charges against Aurelius Heras also called Sarapion and a search in the public archives. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, AD 271-272.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Herakleianus, canaliclarius, from Calpurnius Eusebius, knight, agent of Calpurnius Horion, the most excellent former hypomnematographos. […] Aurelius Heras also called Sarapion […] having submitted petitions concerning […] still earlier the most excellent Calpurnius […] is not yet accused on the matters which first […] it was just for us to accuse him […] still earlier through me the most excellent Horion […] Phileas from Septimius Dio[…] of the illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites […] of the most illustrious city of the Alexandrians […] of Epimachous also called Dieus […] […] and these men […] […] of the public archives having been […] having […] to provide. But since […] […] the search for these […] them from […] […] guarding concerning the […] of the most excellent Calpurnius Horion […] my own measures not […] […] to the accounting office […] […] […]

A canaliclarius was a Roman financial or administrative official; the hypomnematographos was a senior Alexandrian official. The records classify the text as official correspondence, but its address formula is that of a petition.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Correspondence). 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 · Jan. 271 - März 272 · Oxyrhynchos

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