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Nomination of sitologoi for the village of Prektis TM 20213Prektis (Hermopolites)Anfang 340
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Village officials of Prektis in the Hermopolite nome (the outgoing sitologoi, an ephor and the komarchs) nominate to the praepositus of the 15th pagus, Aurelius Asklepiades, new sitologoi (grain collectors) for the 14th indiction, guaranteeing their suitability at the village's risk. The list of nominees is mostly lost.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius Asklepiades, praepositus of the 15th pagus of the Hermopolite nome,
from the Aurelii Kornelios son of Kastor and Poimen son of Psonsnaus and Polys son of Karas and Silvanus son of Pechonsis, all the sitologoi of the 13th indiction, and Horos son of Ammonianos, ephor, and Horos son of Kastor and Kornelios son of Paesis, all the komarchs, from the village of Prektis of the same nome, greetings. We nominate and report the sitologoi of our village registered below, being men of means and suitable, able to carry out the liturgy entrusted to them soundly and faithfully and blamelessly, at the risk of ourselves and of all the people of our village. They are: sitologoi of the canon and of the patrimonium for the 14th indiction:
Silvanus son of Apollon […]
and Pekysis […]
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[…]
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Sitologoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting and storing state grain; 'canon' refers to the regular tax levy and 'patrimonium' to imperial estate revenues. This text is a duplicate of another copy of the same nomination.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Persons Qualified for the Sitologia). 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.cair.preis.2ed.18
Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀσκληπίαδῃ πραιποσίτῳ ιε πάγου νομοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Κορνηλίου Κάστορος καὶ Ποιμένος Ψονσναῦτος καὶ Πόλυος Καρᾶτος καὶ Σιλβανοῦ Πεχώνσιος τῶν πάντων σιτολόγων ιγ ἰνδικτίωνος καὶ Ὥρου Ἀμμωνιανοῦ ἐφόρου καὶ Ὥρου Κάστορος καὶ Κορνηλίου Παήσιος κωμάρχων τῶν πάντων ἀ…