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Fragment of court proceedings before the logistes concerning a house TM 32293Oxyrhynchos (?)IV

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Fragment of the minutes of a court hearing before the logistes (city curator), probably at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD. An advocate speaks on behalf of Neilos, the logistes calls witnesses, and the dispute appears to concern the occupation of a house.

In English machine translation

[…] […] […] […] […] […] lady (?) […] […] […] ⟦moderat…⟧ […] diligence […] […] whom (?) […] […] on behalf of Neilos the advocate said: "That […] […] those present are able […] […] having recovered (?) the matter, we ask […] […] of the times." The logistes said: "[…] […] it is not fitting […]; let the witnesses therefore speak […] […] occupies the house, so that no innovation may occur […]" […] The witnesses […] answered: "Ever since he was little and […] […] house […] […] […]

The logistes (curator civitatis) was the chief municipal official who heard local cases in the 4th century. The phrase "on behalf of Neilos the advocate said" may mean an unnamed advocate spoke for Neilos; the speaker's name is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di verbale di udienza). 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.harr.2.215v

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

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