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Court proceedings on exemption of a linen-workshop master from a liturgy TM 22212Alexandria13. März 192

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Minutes of a hearing in 192 AD in which an advocate argues that his client, a master of a linen-weaving workshop, should be exempt from a liturgy to which a deputy strategos had nominated him, since such craftsmen are useful to the treasury. The opposing advocate claims the man is really a perfume-seller, and the official Julianus rules that if he is a linen-workshop master, he may benefit from the precedent and the deputy must nominate someone else.

In English machine translation

[1] Year 32 of Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Caesar the lord, Phamenoth 17. He (Isidoros?) having appeared: Eudaimon, son of Isidoros, advocate, said: "Epimachos son of Gaius, the deputy strategos of the Delta district, nominated in his own place our client, who is a master of a workshop of linen-weavers and has many workers in the business. Such persons have been exempted because they are useful to the treasury, and I ask you to order Epimachos to nominate another in his place; and I shall read a minute of Macrinus dated [2] to Pharmouthi 22." Hippias, advocate, said: "Epimachos says that he is not a linen-weaver but a perfume-seller, a man of good standing." Julianus said: "In accordance with the decisions given in similar cases, if he is a master of a linen-weaving workshop, he may make use of the same precedent and he too may nominate another in his place." Concerning the staff of the grain-loading (embolē). [Fragment] […] […] […] […] therefore […] the strategos said: […] summoned the […] (Juli)anus said: […] for of the […] reason […] […] […] Caesar the lord

The liturgy apparently concerned service connected with the grain-loading (embolē) for shipment, as the heading suggests. 'Hypostrategos' denotes a deputy district governor; the opening 'having appeared' is grammatically abrupt in the Greek.

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 · 13. März 192 · Alexandria

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