bgu.3.958c
Αὐρηλίῳ Δωροθέῳ γυμνασιάρχῃ βουλευτῇ …[…] ἤτοι προστάτῃ πόλεως τῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτῶν παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Σερήνου[…] ἀφʼ Ἡρακλέους πόλεως […] [… 5 lines lost …] τοῦ νυνῖ λειτουργοῦντος ἀμφόδου Ἀπολλωνίου εἰς νέον λειτουργεῖν πάλιν μέλλοντος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31248
Application to the city president of Herakleopolis concerning a liturgy TM 31248HerakleopolisIII (?)
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Fragment of an application or petition from Aurelius Serenos of Herakleopolis to Aurelius Dorotheos, gymnasiarch, councillor and president of the city. The surviving end concerns a man of the Apollonios quarter who is currently serving in a liturgy and is about to serve again for a new term. It probably dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius Dorotheos, gymnasiarch, councillor […], that is, president of the city of the Herakleopolites,
from Aurelius Serenos […] from Herakleopolis […]
[… 5 lines lost …]
… of the quarter of Apollonios (?), who is now performing the liturgy, being about to perform the liturgy again for a new term […]
A liturgy was a compulsory public service imposed on qualified citizens. The middle of the text is lost, so the exact request is unclear; 'Apollonios' may be the name of the city quarter rather than a person.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.