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Court proceedings before the prefect Honoratianus concerning liability for office TM 21672Hermopolis231 - 237

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Fragment of the minutes of a court hearing before Honoratianus, prefect of Egypt, in which an advocate argues about a man's liability for office, expenses and honours, distinguishing him from a namesake and citing an earlier decision of Masculinus. A written declaration of Aurelius Serenos son of Dioskoros is read out before the prefect responds. From Hermopolis, AD 231-237.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] already [...] he agreed [...] and they had all their own property, and that he himself [...] that man, and the one already [...] is no longer held by identity of name, the one now appointed, the one of the expenses [...], the one of the office, the one of the name, the one of the honour. How [...] can he, by having, [...] the things defined today?" He said: "[...] that it happened before the decision of Masculinus [...] and that he held office in part. He cannot therefore join [...] nor mix the last things with the earlier ones. Permit his written declaration to be read, by which what has happened is acknowledged." And he read the subjoined document, which begins: "To the most excellent council assembled at Alexandria (?), Aurelius Serenos son of Dioskoros" and so on. After the reading, Honoratianus, prefect of Egypt, said: [...] [...] [...]

The dispute seems to concern whether a man held a municipal office and must bear its costs, with confusion arising from a shared name (homonymia). The restoration of the council addressed in Serenos' declaration is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Judicial Proceedings). 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 · 231 - 237 · Hermopolis

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