A register of men assigned to compulsory public services (liturgies) for the 15th indiction from the East quarter of Hermopolis, each listed with the guarantor who stood surety for him. Several entries are marked for further inquiry. It dates to AD 356-357.
In English machine translation
Register of liturgists for the 15th new indiction, as follows:
Of the East (quarter) of the city:
Chairemon, whose guarantor is Amabiktor
Hermodoros son of Pekysis, whose guarantor is Sakys
Ibois, through(?) whom […], whose guarantor is […]
⟦Isidoros son of Komasios, whose guarantor is Demetrios son of Marinos⟧
Kopreas son of Hermes, whose guarantor is Diogenes son of Dioskoros
Eudaimon son of Ammonios, whose guarantor is Toutoues son of Anoubion
Hierax, cook, whose guarantor is […]
Ammonion, physician, whose guarantor is Athenodoros
Neilos son of Neilos, whose guarantor is Lytis son of Besarion
Gounthos son of Sarmates, whose guarantor is Isidoros son of Komasios
Paulos son of Taureutios, whose guarantor is Piterous son of Ibois
To be investigated: Harouris son of Ammonios, whose guarantor is […]
Horos son of Pelytis, whose guarantor is Amois son of Hermaios
Ammonios Pamax, whose guarantor is Heras, identifier
Paesis son of Arachthes in Tochnoubis, guarantor Olympios son of Horos, komarch of the same (village)
Makarios son of Sois, deacon, guarantor Neilammon, scriba
To be investigated: Ammonios son of Pollon, donkey-driver, guarantor […]
To be investigated: Pinoution son of Pinoution
Niketes, freedman of Herminos, tree-cutter […]
⟦Neilos, guarantor […]⟧
Demetrios, carpenter, ⟨guarantor⟩ Pekys son of Horion […]
Sourous son of Toues, physician(?), guarantor Phoibammon […]
Aurelius Ammonios, guarantor Tyrannos
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A gnōstēr was an official who vouched for a person's identity; the abbreviation 'zēt' (to be investigated) marks doubtful entries. The office the liturgists were to hold is not stated, and the list is written in several hands.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Liturgists). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.