Fragmentary petition concerning oil-sellers and a man named Pagenes, in which the petitioner refers to an earlier ruling that sellers should not be hindered and asks for protection. It is followed by a reply or subscription mentioning the logistes (city curator) and the city's food supply, dated 26 April 318.
In English machine translation
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[…] of the oil-sellers […]
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[…] of the oil […]
[…] the aforementioned Pagenes […]
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[…] he declared that there should be no hindrance […]
[…] of those selling, but those wishing […]
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[In the consulship of our lords] Licinius Augustus for the 5th time and Crispus the most noble Caesar [for the 1st time]
[…] you do not hinder; wherefore the logistes of the […]
[…] of the supply (euthenia) in the city […]
[…] to the one registered […]
[In the aforesaid consulship,] Pachon 1.
The logistes was the chief financial official of a city in 4th-century Egypt; euthenia refers to the provisioning of the city with foodstuffs. The classification as a petition is tentative in the records.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.