One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 20725
Letter of a centurion concerning exemption from liturgies TM 20725Oxyrhynchos6. Jan. 222
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Fragment of a letter from a centurion, written at Oxyrhynchus and dated Tybi 11 of year 5 of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (Severus Alexander), 6 January AD 222. What survives mentions those who serve and their exemption from liturgies, and persons having property.
In English machine translation
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Year 5, year 5 of Marcus A[urelius …] the lord, Tybi 11, Ty[bi 11].
[… 22 lines lost …]
[…] those who serve […]
[…] to be exempt from liturgies […]
[…] having property […]
The emperor is Severus Alexander, whose official name began Marcus Aurelius. Liturgies were compulsory public services imposed on property owners.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of a Centurion). 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.oxy.1.62r
[… 2 lines lost …] ἔτους ε ἔτους ε Μάρκου Α[…] […] τοῦ κυρίου, Τῦβι ια Τῦβι ια. [… 22 lines lost …] τοὺς ὑπηρετοῦντας […] ἀλειτουργήτους εἶναι […] περιουσίαν ἐχοντ[…]