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Authorization of execution and seizure of a debtor's property TM 28275ArsinoitesII - III

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Fragments of a decision of the chrematistai (judges who examined petitions) authorizing execution against a debtor on behalf of a creditor named Gaius Iulius L[…], with part of the creditor's petition asking the strategos of the Herakleides division and the collector of foreign debts to seize the debtor's property. From the Arsinoite nome, 2nd-3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[Fr1] [… 3 lines lost …] […] year […] of Imperator Caesar […] Augustus […] […] the chrematistai […] who examined the petitions. The petition of Gaius Iulius L[…] having been read, [and the] bank transfer indicated in it [having been presented, and Heron son of Dionysios, who is said to have been dispatched], having subscribed ["I have been dispatched for the] completion [of the instrument"], we decided that a copy [of the petition] be written and sent to the strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome and to the collector of foreign debts of the same nome, so that, if Gaius Iulius L[…] is present and responds and consents to these things and submits the appropriate written declaration that what is stated in the petition is true and that nothing contrary has been arranged and that he does not have anything [against] the proceedings, [but that the debt is undischarged], then a copy of this document be given to the debtor in person, so that he may know […] and may object within [ten] days [after this, so that they may] carry out the execution in the manner appropriate, in accordance with what has been ordered. [… 11 lines lost …] [Fr2] [I wish] to [initiate] the execution [and I ask that at the examination you decide that it be written] to the strategos of the Herakleides [division of the Arsinoite nome and to the] collector of [foreign debts of the nome] to carry out [the execution for me] […] of the interest owed […] of the [debtor] for seizure [of the property existing in the places] […] without hindrance, in accordance with what has been ordered, [without prejudice to my rights under the] securities [I hold] for principal and [interest] […] […] [… 1 line lost …]

Much of the text is restored from standard formulas of execution procedure (praxis). The 'collector of foreign debts' (praktor xenikon) was the official charged with enforcing debt collection.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Seizure of a Security). 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 · II - III · Arsinoites

[Fr1] [… 3 lines lost …] […]ἔτους Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος[…] Σεβαστοῦ[…] …η. χρηματισταί[…]οἱ τὰς ἐντεύξεις διαλέξαντες. ἀναγνωσθείσης ἐντεύξεως Γαίου Ἰουλίου Λ[…]ο[…]ου τῆς δὲ διʼ αὐτοῦ σημαινομένης διαγραφῆς ἐπενηνεγμένης καὶ τοῦ λεγομένου διαπεστάλθαι Ἥρωνος τοῦ Διονυσίου ὑπογεγ…