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p.oxy.44.3182 23. Aug. 257Oxyrhynchos

Letter to a Gymnasiarch via HGV-meta

Letter notifying a man of his appointment as gymnasiarch for one day. An official letter, probably from a local magistrate at Oxyrhynchus, informing a man that the town council has named him to serve as gymnasiarch on the 4th epagomenal day of year 4 and to provide the oil. It is dated Mesore 30 of the 4th year of Valerian and Gallienus (AD 257) and bears a note by the assistant Aurelius Amois recording its delivery. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] […]…[…]… χαίρειν. οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἐνταῦθα κρατίστης βουλῆς διὰΑὐρηλίου …[…]…[…]τοῦ καὶ Πτολεμαίου γυμνασιαρχ καὶ ὡς χρηματίζει ἐνάρχου πρυτάνεως ἐπέστειλάν μοι δηλοῦντες δεῖν σε γυμνασιαρχεῖν τῇ δ τῶν ἐπαγομένων κατὰ τὸ δ. ἵνʼ οὖν εἰδῇς, φίλτατε, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἐλαίων χορηγίας πρόνοιαν ποιήσῃ, ἐπέστειλά σοι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι, φίλτατε. ἔτους δ Αὐτοκρατόρων Καισάρων Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ καὶ Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ Γαλλιηνοῦ Γερμανικῶν Μεγίστων Εὐσεβῶν Εὐτυχῶν καὶ Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Κορνηλίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος Σεβαστῶν, Μεσορὴ λ. Αὐρήλιος Ἀμόις ὑπηρέτης ἐπήνεγκα. ἔτους δ Μεσορὴ ἐπαγομένων β.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] greetings. The members of the most excellent council here, through Aurelius […] also called Ptolemaios, gymnasiarch and, as he is styled, prytanis in office, have written to me declaring that you must serve as gymnasiarch on the 4th of the epagomenal days in the 4th year. So that you may know, dearest friend, and make provision for the supply of the oil, I have written to you. I pray for your health, dearest friend. Year 4 of the Emperors and Caesars Publius Licinius Valerianus and Publius Licinius Valerianus Gallienus Germanici Maximi Pii Felices and Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus the most illustrious Caesar, Augusti, Mesore 30. I, Aurelius Amois, assistant, delivered it. [Year 4,] Mesore, epagomenal day 2.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

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