p.ifao.2.43
[…]…ρα… χορε[…] […]ς μειωμε[…] […]ου Ἀπολλωνι[…]α ἐπειδὴ ἅπαξ ἀνεδόθην[…] […]εἰς τὴν λειτουργίαν […] […]ον τυχεῖν. ἐρρῶσθαι[…] […]αμασιος ἐπιδέδωκα[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26827
Fragment of a protest concerning nomination to a liturgy TM 26827unbekanntII
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Fragment of a written protest or petition from the 2nd century AD in which the writer, apparently objecting to being nominated to a liturgy (compulsory public service), asks to obtain some relief. Only scattered phrases survive.
In English machine translation
[…] … chor[…]
[…] diminished(?) […]
[…] of Apol[lonios(?)] […] since once I was [nominated(?)] […]
[…] [to] the liturgy […]
[…] to obtain. Farewell(?) […]
[…]amasis, I have submitted […]
A liturgy was a compulsory public service imposed on qualified residents; the restoration 'I was nominated' is uncertain. The closing 'I have submitted' suggests a formal petition or protest rather than a private letter.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de protestation). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.