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Opening of an application addressed to Balbinianus, the archidicastes (chief judge) at Alexandria, from Gaius Julius Apollinarius, a discharged veteran who before his service was known as Apollonios son of Melas. The rest of the document, including the request itself, is lost.
The archidicastes was an Alexandrian official who supervised the registration of contracts and certain courts; applications to him often concerned the public registration of private documents. The veteran's change of name reflects his acquisition of Roman citizenship through military service.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to an Archidicastes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Βαλβεινιανῷ, Βαλβεινιανοῦ γενομένου ἐπιτρόπου Σεβαστοῦ υἱῷ, νεωκόρῳ τοῦ μεγάλου Σαράπιδος, γενομένῳ ἐπάρχῳ σπείρης πρώτης Φλαυίας ἱππικῆς, τῶν ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ σιτουμένων ἀτελῶν, ἱερεῖ ἀρχιδικαστῇ καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρίων παρὰ Γαίου ιουλίου Ἀπολι…
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