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Petition of Aurelius Honoratus concerning wages for an allotted liturgist TM 21128unbekannt6. Okt. 392

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Petition by Aurelius Honoratus to a judge complaining that, after he had provided his allotment and pledges for liturgical service, a hired clerk of the public accounting office named Theodoros released the chosen liturgist and now demands wages from him. Pleading illness and poverty, he asks that the riparius Apollon and the councillor Theognostos help him and that he not be harassed by the stationarius; dated 6 October 392.

In English machine translation

[…] from Apollon and Theognostos […] hand (?) […] […] to give them my allotment, free of liturgies, of fifteen [arouras (?), holding in my heart] the fear of the court, I gave; and since some after the allotment [were not found …] of my lord the former (official) and by the most illustrious defensor […] to give a pledge in place of those released, I gave, and those whom I did not find […] I gave; but a certain Theodoros, hired man of the public accounting office, […] the liturgist chosen by lot, and having received wages from him, that is, […] of his liturgy, and I issued my hand(written bond) for the security of the liturgist […] his […] released him and took refuge with the protection […] wishing to demand wages from me for the liturgist chosen by lot […] I have suffered, and being seized by illness for a whole eight months […] knows, and all my very great poverty. For this reason I take refuge […] with your illustriousness, most humane of judges: have pity on me, a man of modest means, […] of Apollon the riparius and Theognostos, members of the council, so that they may help […] not to be harassed by the stationarius on account of the liturgist chosen by lot […], so that I may enjoy this benefaction. I shall be grateful always […] your fortune, lord. In the consulship of our master Arcadius, eternal Augustus, for the 2nd time, and of Rufinus, the most illustrious comes and magister, […] Phaophi 9. I, Aurelius Honoratus, submitted it.

The riparius was a local police official and the stationarius a soldier or officer posted for policing or tax enforcement; the defensor was the city's legal protector. The consular date (Arcadius II and Rufinus) fixes the year as 392.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). 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 · 6. Okt. 392

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