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Nomination of a villager for public service by the komarchs of Nesmimis TM 17504Nesmimis (Oxyrhynchites)247 - 248

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Two village headmen (komarchs) of Nesmimis in the Oxyrhynchite nome nominate Aurelius Theonas son of Hatres to the strategos Aurelius Philoxenos for a public service, following orders of the catholicus Claudius Marcellus and the procurator Marcius Salutarius. It dates to the 5th year of the emperors Philip, AD 247-248.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Philoxenos, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Dionysios the younger, son of Chairas, his mother being Taphilon, and Dionysios son of Dionysios, his mother being Thaesis, both komarchs of the village of Nesmimis, who also sign below. For the current 5th year of the Marci Iulii Philippi, Caesars, the lords, we submit for service, in accordance with the orders of the most eminent catholicus Claudius Marcellus and of Marcius Salutarius, the most excellent procurator of the Augusti: he is Aurelius Theonas son of Hatres, his mother being [...] [...] [...]

The catholicus was a senior imperial financial official; the nature of the service (hyperesia) is lost with the end of the text.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nomination to Office). 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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p.oxy.17.2123

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 247 - 248 · Nesmimis (Oxyrhynchites)

Αὐρηλίῳ Φιλοξένῳ στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Διονυσίου νεωτέρου Χαιρᾶτος μητρὸς Ταφίλωνος καὶ Διονυσίου Διονυσίου μητρὸς Θαήσιος ἀμφοτέρων κωμαρχῶν κώμης Νεσμείμεως τῶν καὶ ὑπογραφόντων. τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ε ἔτους Μάρκων Ἰουλίων Φιλίππων Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων εἰσδίδομεν εἰς ὑπηρε…