A fragmentary extract from the official minutes of a hearing held at Antinoopolis in the 3rd century AD. An advocate named Calpurnius, prytanis-designate, speaks on behalf of one Ofellius about a ruling on the nomination of persons, probably to civic offices or liturgies.
In English machine translation
[margin]
…
[recto]
From the minutes […]
In Antinoopolis […]
[…] Calpurnius […]
advocate, prytanis-designate […]
"I speak on behalf of Ofellius […]
[…] to those […] when […]
nothing else […]
you declared that in the case of those [who nominated]
the nominations should take place […]
[…] and put to the vote (?) […]
[…] nominate (?) […]
[verso]
[…]
"Nominations" (probolai) refers to the formal naming of candidates for compulsory public services or offices; the restoration "who nominated" is the editor's. A syndikos was an advocate representing a party or the city council.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Extract from a Report of Proceedings). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.