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Opening of a document addressed to the councillor Aurelius Sarapion TM 140147Oxyrhynchos1. Okt. 359

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The opening of a document addressed to Aurelius Sarapion son of Ploutarchos, a town councillor of Oxyrhynchus, by Aurelius [...] son of Papnoutios from the upper Kynopolite nome. It is dated 1 October 359 by consuls, and the rest of the text, which would show what it concerned, is lost.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Flavii Eusebius and Hypatius, the most illustrious, Phaophi 3. To Aurelius Sarapion son of Ploutarchos, councillor of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, from Aurelius […] son of Papnoutios, from the upper Kynopolite nome, greetings. […] […]

Only the date, address and greeting survive, so the type of document is unknown; the formula with a dating clause and addressee is typical of contracts such as leases.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prescript of a Text of Unknown Contents). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Okt. 359 · Oxyrhynchos

ὑπατείας Φλαουίων Εὐσεβίου καὶ Ὑπατίου τῶν λαμπροτάτων Φαῶφι γ. Αὐρηλίῳ Σαραπίωνι Πλουτάρχου βουλευτῇ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως παρὰ Αὐρηλίου[…] Παπνουτίου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄνω Κυνοπολίτου χαίρειν. […]τις π…[…]…[…]ρον… [… ? lines lost …]