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Proceedings before the governor of Arcadia on a debt petition by Pamouthios TM 22013Oxyrhynchosca. 488

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Minutes of proceedings before Apion Theodosios Iohannes, governor of Arcadia, in which Pamouthios, an assistant of the records office, reads a petition complaining that several debtors, including Phib, Lisabet, the priest Phoibammon and Kollouthos, refuse to settle with him. The governor orders the office to remind them and summon them to court if they object. From Oxyrhynchos, around AD 488.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] … on the Ides of September […] […] Kollouthos […] from the office. Pamouthios, the assistant of the records office, submitted […] a petition to your authority, which I have in hand and will read, if your Magnificence orders it. […] […] Apion Theodosios Iohannes, vir spectabilis, comes of the sacred consistory and governor of the province of Arcadia, said: Read it. […] and he read it out: To your authority, from Pamouthios, assistant of the records office. The persons listed below, originating from […], have become [liable] to me in various ways, and although they have often been reminded by me […] to show [fairness towards] me, they would not bring themselves to come to terms. I beg your Magnificence to order […] […] to be compelled to fairness, and if I obtain this I shall acknowledge my gratitude to your [Magnificence] […] […], most magnificent comes and governor, lord. They are Phib and Lisabet […] […] Phoibammon, priest, and Kollouthos. I, Pamouthios, assistant of the records office, [have submitted it] […] […] Apion Theodosios Iohannes, vir spectabilis, comes of the sacred consistory and governor of the province of Arcadia, said: […] […] the office will remind […] or before trial the […] of the one who used the instruction […] [or, if they object], to go to court, being served with a petition. Let them be issued. [verso] † Register of the riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome.

The protocol is in Latin and the spoken parts and petition in Greek, typical of late Roman court minutes. Riparii were local police officials; the verso docket labels this as part of their file.

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 Proceedings for Debt). 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 · ca. 488 · Oxyrhynchos

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