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Address to the archidikastes Calpurnius Petronianus TM 30393OxyrhynchosIII

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Fragment of a document from Oxyrhynchus whose surviving part is an address to Calpurnius Petronianus, priest and archidikastes (chief judge) responsible for the chrematistai and other courts. The content of the document itself is lost.

In English machine translation

[1] [… 6 lines lost …] [2] To Calpurnius Petronianus, priest, archidikastes and in charge of the chrematistai and the other courts.

The archidikastes was an Alexandrian official who supervised the chrematistai (circuit judges) and registered contracts; documents addressed to him were often petitions or applications. Six lines of the first part are lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mention of an Archidikastes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.oxy.34.2706

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Oxyrhynchos

[1] [… 6 lines lost …] [2] Καλπουρνίῳ Πετρωνιανῷ ἱερεῖ ἀρχιδικαστῇ καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρίων.