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p.oxy.42.3027 166 - 169Oxyrhynchos

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Official letter forwarding a collector's secretary's petition to the strategos. An official letter from a higher official to the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, forwarding a signed copy of a petition by Sarapion son of Terentius, secretary of a tax collector, who accused another collector. The strategos is told to investigate and decide the matter without holding up tax collection. It dates to the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 166-169, at Oxyrhynchus. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Α[…]στρατηγῶι Ὀξυρυγχείτου χαίρειν. βιβλιδίων ἐπιδοθέντων μοι ὑπὸ Σαραπίωνος Τερεντίου γραμματέως πράκτορος τὸ ἕτερον σημιωσάμενος ἔπεμψά σοι, ὅπως διαγνοὺς μεταξὺ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὗ αἰτιᾶται ἑτέρου πράκτορος τὰ προσήκοντα ἀποφήνῃ, μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου τῶν πράσσεσθαι ὀφειλόντων. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. ἔτους … Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Ἀρμενιακοῦ Μηδικοῦ Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου Σεβαστοῦ Ἀρμενιακοῦ Μηδικοῦ Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου δὸς υπ[…] …[…]…τεως σεσημείωμαι [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
A[…] to […], strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, greetings. Of the petitions submitted to me by Sarapion son of Terentius, secretary of a collector (praktor), I have signed the second copy and sent it to you, so that, having examined the matter between him and the other collector whom he accuses, you may declare what is proper, while none of those who are obliged to pay is held back. I pray for your health. Year […] of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Maximus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Maximus. Give […] […] I have signed. […]

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchus

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