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Nomination of guild members as collectors of public dues TM 15216Oxyrhynchos

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A nomination submitted by the monthly presidents of the guild of tow-workers (stippocheiristai) of Oxyrhynchus to the logistes Flavius Eutrygios, naming five members from the guild register as suitable collectors of public dues. It is dated Pauni 22 in the consulship of Placidus and Romulus (AD 343).

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Furius Placidus and Flavius Romulus, the most illustrious. To Flavius Eutrygios, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the guild of flax-dressers (?) of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, through us, Aurelii Paniskos […] and Kalinikos son of Thonios and […] son of Sarapion and Paulos […] and Apion son of […]togenes, monthly presidents. We present and report, for the collection of all public dues, from those who are on the register of this same trade of ours, the following enrolled persons, being suitable for every collection. They are: […]onis son of Kornelios […] son of [P]iskaron (?) […]mon son of Diogas […]lios son of Silvanus […]us son of Thonios all from the same register. […] ⟦…⟧ In the aforesaid consulship, Pauni 22. [We, Aurelii Pa]niskos and Kalinikos […] […] […]

Stippocheiristai were workers handling tow (coarse flax fibre); the exact trade has no precise English equivalent. The logistes was the chief financial official of the city in the 4th century.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nominations for a liturgy). 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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