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A nomination list from the headmen of the village of Prektis, including Aurelius Lysimachos and Aurelius Chous, proposing four villagers for compulsory public services and tax collection. The headmen guarantee the nominees at their own risk. It dates to about AD 340 in the Hermopolite area.
Much of the formula is restored from parallel nomination lists, including the village name Prektis. A liturgy was a compulsory public service imposed on qualified residents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liturgische Vorschlagsliste). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Λυσιμάχου καὶ Χωοῦτος καὶ[…]καὶ[…]τῶν πάντων ἀπὸ κώμης Πρήκτεως τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ, προεστώτων τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης. ἀναδίδομεν καὶ εἰσαγγέλλομεν τοὺς ἑξῆς ἐγγεγραμένους συνπνέοντας ἡμῖν ποιησομένους ἅπαντα τὰ πρὸς τὴν κώμην ζητούμενα δημόσια ἐπιτάγματα καὶ ἀπαίτησιν τῶν δη…
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