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Nomination of a carpenter as prison guard by the komarchs of Timonthis TM 23530Timonthis (Hermopolites)31. Mai 265

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A nomination submitted by two village headmen (komarchs) of Timonthis to the strategos of the Hermopolite nome, putting forward a carpenter, son of Pataios, worth 1,000 drachmas, to serve six months as jail-guard of the prison in the nome capital. The village guarantees him collectively. Dated 31 May 265.

In English machine translation

[column 5] To Flavius Paniskos also called Longus, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii Palaus son of […], his mother being […]s, aged about 48, with a scar on the index finger of the right hand, and Kollouthos son of Kollouthos, his mother being Teeus, both komarchs of the village of Timonthis, through me, Palaus, who am present. We give and report the person written below for the office of jail-guard of the prison in the metropolis for six months from the 1st of the present month Pauni of the current 12th year, being well-to-do and suitable, at the risk of ourselves and of all those residing in the same village, on the basis of mutual guarantee; for him we also stand surety. He is: […] son of Pataios, carpenter, aged about 50, having property of 1,000 drachmas. Farewell. Year 12 of Imperator Caesar Publius Licinnius Gallienus Germanicus Maximus Pius Felix Augustus, Pauni 6. We, the aforementioned komarchs, through me, Palaus, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Hermesion, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. […]

The komarchs were village officials responsible for nominating men to compulsory public services (liturgies); the nominee's minimum property qualified him for the post. The end of the document is lost.

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 · Timonthis (Hermopolites)

[5] Φλαυίῳ Πανίσκῳ τῷ καὶ Λόγγῳ στρατηγῷ Ἑρμοπολίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Παλαῦτος […]ου μητρὸς […]ς ὡς ἐτῶν μη οὐλὴ δακτύλῳ λιχανῷ δεξιᾶς χειρὸς καὶ Κολλούθου Κολλούθου μητρὸς Τεεῦτος ἀμφοτέρων κωμαρχῶν κώμης Τιμώνθεως διʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦ παρόντος Παλαῦτος. δίδομεν καὶ προσαγγέλλομεν τὸν ὑπογ…