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Nomination of a prison guard by the komarchs of Temenkyrkis Poimenon TM 23528Temenkyrkis Poimenon (Hermopolites)31. Mai 265

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Nomination by two village headmen (komarchs) of Temenkyrkis Poimenon to the strategos of the Hermopolite nome, proposing Pinoution, a man worth 1,000 drachmas, to serve six months as a prison guard in the metropolis. The village collectively guarantees him. Dated in 265 under Gallienus.

In English machine translation

[3] To Flavius Paniskos also called Longos, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii […]on, whose mother is Thaesis, aged about […] years, with a scar on the left shin, and Pinoutis son of […], aged about 45, with a scar beside the nose on the left, both komarchs of the village of Temenkyrkis Poimenon. We present and nominate the person written below for the guarding of prisoners in the prison in the metropolis, for six months from the 1st of the present month Pauni of the current 12th year, being well off and suitable, at our own risk and that of all those residing in the same village, on the basis of mutual guarantee, for whom we also stand surety. He is: Pinoution […], aged about 35, having property worth 1,000 drachmas. Farewell. Year 12 of Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus Germanicus […] […] […] […] […] assistant […]

Prison guarding was a compulsory public service (liturgy) assigned to men of sufficient property. Much of the wording, including the term of service and the year, is restored from parallel nominations.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 31. Mai 265 · Temenkyrkis Poimenon (Hermopolites)

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