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Fragment of a list of men considered qualified for liturgical office, giving each man's name, village (Eroathis), age, past and present posts, landholdings and assessed property value. Dated to the 2nd century AD.
The records disagree on provenance, giving either the Delta (with a query) or Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome. The 2,000 drachmas is the assessed value of the man's property (poros), the basis for nomination to a liturgy.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Persons Qualified for Office). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[2] [… ? lines lost …] Πετενοῦβις Ἑρπαήσιος ἀπὸ Ἐροάθεως ἐτῶν νε γενόμενος πράκτωρ ἀργυρικῶν μητροπόλεως νυνὶ ἐπὶ τῆς καθάρσεως τοῦ δημοσίου πυροῦ τόπου περὶ Σύρων ᾧ ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν Ἐροάθει ἄρουραι[…] καὶ περὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἄρουρα α, παντὶ δραχμῶν Β Ἑρψῆμις πρεσβύτερος Ἰναρῶτος ἀπὸ Ἐρο…
[1] Φιλάδελφος Νεμεσίωνος ἀπὸ Ἐροάθεως εἰδὼς γράμματα ἐτῶν με γενόμενος γραμματεὺς νομῶν τινων ἰδίου λόγου καὶ εἰσαγωγεὺς στρατηγοῦ Ἀμμωνιακῆς καὶ σεκκ χωρατα τῶν Καβασείτου καὶ ὁρισμοῦ καὶ ἐφορίων Μετηλείτου, νυνὶ ὢν γραμματεὺς βασιλικοῦ Λιβύης, ᾧ ὑπάρχουσι περὶ Ἐροᾶθιν ἄρουραι …
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