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Copy of minutes of proceedings before the epistrategos Antonius Taurus TM 21569unbekannt

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Fragmentary copy of the minutes of a hearing before Antonius Taurus, epistrategos (regional governor) of the Thebaid. Someone had petitioned against a man named Psen[…] also called Besas, and the epistrategos's ruling began here before the text breaks off.

In English machine translation

Copy of minutes […] of Antonius Taurus, epistrategos of the Thebaid, in the matters concerning Herm[…] […] having petitioned against Psen[…] also called Besas, the epistrategos: […] […] […] [… lines lost …]

The epistrategos was a senior Roman official over a group of Egyptian nomes; Antonius Taurus is attested as epistrategos of the Thebaid in the 2nd century AD. The words after "concerning Herm[…]" may refer to Hermopolis or another place or person beginning Herm-.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of Legal Proceedings before the Epistrategus). 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.oslo.3.180

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

ἀντίγραφον ὑπομνηματισμῶν[…] Ἀντωνίου Ταύρου ἐπιστρατήγου Θηβαίδος ἐπὶ τῶν κατὰ Ἑρμ[…] ἐντυχόντος κατὰ Ψεν[…] τοῦ καὶ Βησᾶτος ὁ ἐπιστράτηγος·[…] κατ[…]ειθεις …[…] …[…] [… ? lines lost …]