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Proceedings before the governor of Arcadia concerning absconding debtors TM 22015Oxyrhynchos8. Sept. - 31. Dez. 434
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Fragment of the minutes of court proceedings before Flavius Anthemius Isidorus Theophilus, governor of the province of Arcadia, in 434. A petition, apparently concerning six debtors, some of whom had fled, is read out, asking that enforcement officers investigate their property.
In English machine translation
[…] in the consulship of Flavius Areobindus and Ardabur, viri clarissimi […]
When Theon of the office staff had presented a petition, [which petition …]
[Flavius Anthemius] Isidorus Theophilus, vir clarissimus, governor of the province of Arcadia, said: ["Read it." And he read: "To your authority from …] […]
[…] our debtors, six in number […]
[…] of those who have fled and of others [who have come] into custody (?) […]
[…] to order, through the care of the executive officers (ekbibastai), […]
[…] to investigate the property of those who have fled […]
[…] in the names […] falling away (?) […]
[Flavius Anthemi]us Isidorus Theophilus, vir clarissimus, governor of the province [of Arcadia, said:] […]
[…] for private needs (?) […]
[…]
The record is bilingual: the procedural framework is in Latin and the petition and speeches in Greek. The ekbibastai were officials charged with enforcing judgments and collecting debts.
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.
p.oxy.16.1879
[…] Flaviis Areobindo et Ardabure viris clarissimis consulibus[…] cum obtulisset libellum Theonis ex officio.ὁποῖον λίβελλον[…] Flavius Anthemius Isidorus Theofilus vir clarissimus praeses provinciae Arcadiae dixit.ἀνάγνωθι. et recitavit. πρὸς τὴν ὑμετέραν ἐξουσίαν παρὰ[…] […]…ον…