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A sworn declaration addressed to Aurelius Seuthes alias Horion, logistes (curator) of Oxyrhynchus, by Aurelius Apphous son of Sarapion, supervisor of workmen sent to Memphis. He swears by the emperors' Fortune that he has received from the village headmen a number of workers (35 and 10) from listed villages. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 303.
The logistes was the city's chief financial official in this period. What exactly was counted (presumably workmen) is lost in the gaps.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration to the Logistes from an ἐπιμελητὴς ἐργατῶν Μέμφεως). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἐπὶ ὑπάτων τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανοῦ τὸ η καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τὸ ζ Σεβαστῶν. Αὐρηλίῳ Σεύθῃ τῷ καὶ Ὡρίωνι λογιστῇ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἀπφοῦτος υἱοῦ Σαραπίωνος […] γενομένου …[…] τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως ἐπιμελητοῦ ἐργατῶν Μέμφεως. ὀμνύω τὴν τ…
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