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Nomination of a liturgist to the nyktostrategos of Hermopolis TM 22375Hermopolis390
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A nomination of a liturgist submitted at Hermopolis in AD 390 by Aurelius Neilos, a tribal gnoster, to the night-police commander Aurelius Kyros. He names Horion son of Hatres of the Western Phrourion quarter to serve a one-year public liturgy in place of the deceased Pasion son of Kopreus.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of our master Valentinian, the eternal Augustus, for the 4th time, and of Neoterius, vir clarissimus.
To Aurelius Kyros son of Philammon, councillor, nyktostrategos in office, of Hermopolis the most splendid,
from Aurelius Neilos son of Ammon, gnoster of the tribe, from the same city. I give and report the liturgist registered below to serve before your clemency for a period of one year in his public liturgy, in place of Pasion son of Kopreus, deceased. He is:
Western Phrourion quarter
Horion son of Hatres, his mother being […].
I, Aurelius Neilos son of Ammon, gnoster, have submitted this.
The gnoster was a local official who vouched for the identity and suitability of persons nominated for compulsory public services; the nyktostrategos commanded the night watch of the city.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Präsentation liturgiepflichtiger Personen). 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.lips.1.65
ὑπατείας τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου τὸ δ καὶ Νεωτερίου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου. Αὐρηλίῳ Κύρῳ Φιλάμμωνος πολιτευομένῳ ἐνάρχῳ νυκτοστρατήγῳ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Νείλου Ἄμμωνος γνωστῆρος φυλῆς ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. δίδωμι καὶ εἰσαγγέλλω τὸν …