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Daybook of the logistes recording the opening of a will TM 22557Oxyrhynchos

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Fragment of the official daybook of the logistes (curator civitatis) of Oxyrhynchus, recording his activities day by day. One entry records the formal opening and reading of a sealed will of a sick citizen before the prytanis, former magistrates, witnesses and assessors, with the advocate Gerontios speaking and the original requested.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] 10: the logistes did the same. 11, being a day of Zeus (Thursday), the logistes […] 12 […] in the presence of Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios, prytanis in office, and Heron [and …] and Heliodoros and Eutolmios, former magistrates of the same place, and Triadelphos […] son of Horigenes and Pathermouthis son of Ammonios and Zoilas son of Ammonios […] Didymos son of Didymos and Demetrous wife of Didymos […] attendants, and Euangelos and Gemellos, assessors. Gerontios, advocate, said: "[…] of the same city, having fallen ill, summoned […] from the councillors of that place, and a will […] sealed, which he handed over […] today […]" […] […] document […] […] […] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] […] fields, and that the majority be present in accordance with […] to those who have decided, the document which you say was made and […] will be read, each of you […] his own seal." And the will [having been opened, dated] in this consulship, month of Pauni 10, and having been read, after the reading the logistes said: "The document, having been opened, […] will be […] so as to be in the archives […] will be handed over to the most sacred […]." Gerontios, advocate, said: "[…] we ask to [receive] the original […]." […] Gerontios, advocate, said: "[…]" […] 13 […] civic […] 14 […] 15 […] [16: the logistes did the] same. [17] […] […in the] presence of […] [… lines lost …]

The logistes (Latin curator civitatis) was the chief financial and supervisory official of a city in late Roman Egypt; days without business are noted with "the logistes did the same". The numbers are days of the month. The identification of the sealed document as a will rests partly on restoration.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Daybook of the Curator Civitatis). 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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p.oxy.60.4075

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