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Nomination of komarchs for the village of Bompae TM 19062Bompae (Panopolites)24. Aug. 321

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A nomination list in which the outgoing village heads (komarchs) of Bompae in the Panopolite nome propose two well-off men to succeed them in the office of komarch, guaranteeing their performance. It is addressed to Aurelius Heron also called Dionysodoros, praepositus of the 2nd pagus, and dated to AD 321.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Heron also called Dionysodoros, praepositus of the 2nd pagus, from the Aurelii […] son of Domos, through Theodoros his father, and Paris son of Pasis, komarchs of the village of Bompae. We report and nominate for the office of komarch in our place the men registered below, who are well-off and suitable, at our own risk; we guarantee that they will carry out the […] liturgy blamelessly; otherwise we shall fill their place ourselves, and on being asked the formal question we agreed. They are: Theodoros […], [age] 1(?) Tomyzises, [age] 11(?) In the consulship of our masters Licinius Augustus for the 6th time and Licinius the most noble Caesar for the 2nd time, for ever (?). […] we reported […] I wrote on behalf of them […] […] […]

The komarchy was a compulsory public service (liturgy); nominators were personally liable if their nominees failed. The figures after the nominees' names are uncertain and may not be ages.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 24. Aug. 321 · Bompae (Panopolites)

Αὐρηλίωι Ἥρωνι τῷ καὶ Διονυσοδώρῳ πραιποσίτῳ β πάγου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων …[…]… Δώμου διὰ Θεοδώρου πατρὸς καὶ Παρίπως Πάσιως κωμάρχων κώμης Βομπαῆ· εἰσαγγέλλομεν καὶ ἀναδίδομεν εἰς τὴν ἀνθʼ ἡμῶν κωμαρχίαν τοὺς ἑξῆς ἐγγεγραμμένους ἄνδρας ὄντας εὐπόρους καὶ ἐπιτηδείους ἰδίῳ ἡμῶν κινδύνῳ ο…