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Report on delivery of a court summons to heirs in the Great Oasis TM 22347Oasis Magna376 (?)

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Report by Aurelius Kleoboulos, a councillor of the Great Oasis, to the prefect Flavius Aelius Gessius, stating that he has carried out a court summons against the heirs of Apion and others sued by the house of Andromachos. He travelled to the Inner Oasis and sent their authorized agents, with sureties and their written undertakings, to court through a beneficiarius; dated probably AD 376.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Aelius Gessius, the most illustrious prefect, Aurelius Kleoboulos, councillor of the Great Oasis, greetings. I received an order from your Illustriousness, lord, commanding me to send to the court the heirs of Apion and also the heirs of Herakleios son of Domettius and […] son of Septimius, or the agents able to answer on their behalf in the court to the charges to be brought against them by the most illustrious house of Andromachos. And at once, holding in my breast the fear of your Majesty, I pressed upon them, troubling them, and having undertaken the journey to the Inner Oasis, where they have their residences, I have sent, through Isidoros, beneficiarius of the staff of your lordship, the agents handed over to me by them, who are competent and able to fill their place, with sureties in accordance with the written undertakings which they made, having attached the single copy of their written undertakings, so that nothing may escape your most vigilant care, master. I pray for your health, most illustrious prefect, lord, for many years. In the consulship of our masters Valens for the […] time and Valentinian for the […] time.

The 'entolikarioi' are legal agents or representatives empowered to answer in court for the defendants. The year depends on the restored consular numbers of Valens and Valentinian, hence the uncertain date.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bericht über Zustellung einer Ladung). 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 · 376 (?) · Oasis Magna

Φλαυίωι Αἰλίωι Γεσσίωι τῶι λαμπροτάτωι ἡγεμόνι Αὐρήλιος Κλεόβουλος πολιτευόμενος Ὀάσεως μεγάλης χαίρειν. πρόσταγμα ἐκομισάμην παρὰ τῆς σῆς λαμπρότητος, κύριε, τὸ κελεῦόν μοι παραπέμψαι εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον τοὺς κληρονόμους Ἀπίου ἔτι καὶ κληρονόμους Ἡρακλείου Δομεττίου καὶ […]…[…]…ν…