Nomination of a toparch by the komarchs of Poampimenis, posted by the strategos TM 23526Poampimenis (Hermopolites)29. Mai 265
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Public notice by the strategos of the Hermopolite nome, Flavius Paniskos alias Longos, posting the nomination by the two village heads (komarchs) of Poampimenis of Chonsis son of Pathotes as toparch. The komarchs guarantee his suitability and wealth of 2,000 drachmas; dated May 265.
In English machine translation
The toparch was a compulsory public service (liturgy); nominees were proposed by village officials who stood surety for them. The number 145 at the top is a running number in a roll of posted documents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nomine ad ufficii liturgici). 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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[1] ρμε Φλαύιος Πανίσκος ὁ καὶ Λόγγος στρατηγὸς Ἑρμοπολείτου. τοῦ δοθέντος μοι προσαγγέλματος ὑπὸ κωμάρχων Ποαμπιμήνεως εἰσδιδόντων τὸν διὰ αὐτοῦ ἐνγεγραμμένον τῆς τοπαρχίας τοπάρχην ἴσον δημοσίᾳ πρόκειται ἵνα πάντες εἰδῶσι καὶ ὁ ἀγγελεὶς ἀντιλάβηται τῆς ἐνχειρισθείσης αὐτῷ χρεία…