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Application to Receive the Dole via HGV-meta

Application by a former liturgist to receive the corn dole. Application from Aurelius Dionysios son of Sarapion to Aurelius Ploution, secretary of the corn dole at Oxyrhynchus, asking to be admitted to the free grain distribution. He cites a council resolution that men who had performed liturgies were eligible, and his own service as a guard in his city quarter. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] … [2] λειτουργ λα Αὐρηλίῳ Πλουτίωνι γραμματεῖ σιτηρεσίου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Διονυσίου Σαραπίωνος καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω Ἀλθαιέως. δόξαντός τε τῇ κρατίστῃ βουλῇ ὥστε τοὺς λελειτουργηκότας μετέχειν τῆς τοῦ σιτηρεσίου δωρεᾶς καὶ αὐτὸς …[…]λειτουργήσας ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου[…]…ου φυλακίαν καὶ ἐνταγεὶς διὰ τῶν ἐπιδοθέντων ὑπὸ τοῦ τοῦ δηλουμένου ἀμφόδου φυλάρχου[…]ων [… ? lines lost …]

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[1] … [2] Liturgy 31 (?) To Aurelius Ploution, secretary of the corn dole, from Aurelius Dionysios son of Sarapion, also styled Althaieus. Since it has been resolved by the most excellent council that those who have performed liturgies shall share in the gift of the corn dole, I myself, having performed […] the liturgy of guard in the quarter of […] and having been entered through the lists submitted by the phylarch of the said quarter […] […]

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