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[r] Κλαυδίωι Κομμοδιανῶι καὶ Αὐρηλίωι Πτολεμαίωι τῷ καὶ Διδύμωι ἐνάρχοις ὑπομεμφοις παρὰ Οὐαλερίου Ἀπολιναρίου Ἀντινοέως Ἁδριανείου τοῦ καὶ …ν…[…] […] [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἀνάκρισις δουλ προσδο…[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31267
Application to officials concerning the examination of a slave TM 31267unbekanntIII
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Opening of a petition or application from Valerius Apolinarius, a citizen of Antinoopolis, to two officials in office, Claudius Commodianus and Aurelius Ptolemaios alias Didymos. The docket on the back indicates it concerned the official examination (anakrisis) of a slave, probably in connection with a sale. AD 3rd century.
In English machine translation
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To Claudius Commodianus and Aurelius Ptolemaios also called Didymos, the hypomnematographoi (?) in office,
from Valerius Apolinarius, Antinoite, of the Hadrianeios (tribe), also called […]
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Examination (anakrisis) of a slave […]
The officials' title is written corruptly as "hypomemphois", probably for hypomnematographoi. An anakrisis was the formal official interrogation of a slave, typically to confirm status before a sale.
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.