One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33407

Fragment mentioning an ekdikos, a village scribe and komarchs TM 33407unbekanntIV - VII

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A small fragment of an official document from Late Antique Egypt mentioning a defensor (ekdikos), a village scribe, a summons to go up to the city, indictions, written memoranda and village headmen. Its exact purpose cannot be recovered.

In English machine translation

[…] of […]terios (?), the ekdikos […] of the village scribe of Her[…] […] to go up to the city […] […] of the indictions, both of the […] […] in the written memoranda […] […] the komarchs (village headmen) […] for […]

The ekdikos (Latin defensor civitatis) was a city official charged with protecting citizens and hearing minor cases. Indictions were 15-year fiscal cycles used for dating and taxation.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.fuad.i.univ.App_II_43). 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.fuad.i.univ.App_II_43

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - VII

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