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Petition concerning liturgies and recruits TM 33501Oxyrhynchos

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Fragment of a petition from Aurelii of the city of Oxyrhynchus concerning compulsory public services (liturgies), apparently involving the supply of army recruits. The petitioners complain of illegal conduct, attempts to shift liturgies and bribery in court, and appeal to a most distinguished official named Kollouthos.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] of the most illustrious […] Epeiph […] of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, Aurelii Aris[…] […] by my lord […] […] of this court not to weaken (?) […] […] […] having brought through Alexander […] […] the defensor (ekdikos), the magistrate, and from the august council chamber […] […] beside it, without any delay […] […] […]ntius affirmed […] […] on behalf of the recruits themselves through […] […] which was registered, because we have not yet […] […] to another liturgy, to assign us […] […] he assigned to the reception […] […] and prefect (?) […] Agrippa (?) as […] […] we have submitted the petitions, inserting […] […] while he persists in such illegality […] […] those subject to him for other liturgies […] […] to escape to other liturgies […] […] wishing to bribe with gold in the court […] […] to the excellence of my lord the most distinguished Kollouthos […] […] of the stationarii, Heliodoros the chief assistant […] […] to his excellence […] [… lines lost …] [verso] [… lines lost …]

Liturgies were compulsory public services imposed on citizens; tirones are military recruits whose supply was a liturgical burden. The vocabulary (ekdikos, diasemotatos, stationarii) points to the 4th century AD, though no date is preserved.

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 petizione per motivi liturgici). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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