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Petition of Aurelius Rhodopianos concerning an appeal against a nomination TM 21259Oxyrhynchos

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Fragment of a petition from Oxyrhynchos in which Aurelius Rhodopianos also called Saras protests that he was nominated to a public duty improperly and against all the laws, and pursues an appeal. It mentions Titius Honoratus and is addressed to (or involves) Aurelius Diogenes also called Hermeias, systates of Oxyrhynchos, under the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian.

In English machine translation

[…] of Valerius Diocletian and year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus […] […] Aurelius Rhodopianos also called Saras, son of Ptolemaios, his mother being Tekosis also called […] […] improperly and contrary to all the laws on the preceding day [having been nominated] […] […] him, I have made a request for an opinio […] […] nor […] less, on all these matters bearing witness […] […] of Valerius Maximian Germanici Maximi, Pii […] […] Epeiph 3, an appeal […] to the […] […] having taken heed of the laws and of the frequent(ly) […] […] his house […] […] Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximian Germanici […] […] Aurelius Rhodopianos also called Saras, son of Ptolemaios, his mother being Tekosis […] […] Titius Honoratus concerning the [nomination] which, improperly and contrary to all [the laws] […] […] of the imposition made, of which the appeal […] […] of Diocletian and Maximian Augusti, but also […] […] to Aurelius Diogenes also called Hermeias, systates of the illustrious and most illustrious (city of the) Oxyrhynchites […] […] submitted by you to the strategos of the nome […] […] I submit the documents of the appeal […] [… ? lines lost …]

The systates was a municipal official who handled nominations to compulsory public services (liturgies); the petitioner is appealing (ekkletos) against his nomination. The regnal year 5 is the only internal date clue; no precise HGV date was supplied.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di petizione). 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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