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Application of a guild to the logistes Valerius Heron TM 15234Oxyrhynchos

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Opening of an application from a guild of Oxyrhynchus, presented through its monthly presidents, among them Sarmates son of Artemidoros, to the logistes (city curator) Valerius Heron also called Sarapion. The text breaks off just as the request begins.

In English machine translation

[…] To Valerius Heron also called Sarapion, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the guild of the […] of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, through […] monthly presidents, Aurelii […] and Sarmates son of Artemidoros, both from the same city. We request […] […] […]

The logistes was the official who oversaw city finances and affairs in the 4th century; the guild's trade is lost in a gap. The monthly presidents (meniarchai) were guild officers who served in monthly rotation.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to the Logistes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.54.3730

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

[… ? lines lost …] Οὐαλερίῳ Ἥρωνι τῷ καὶ Σαραπίωνι λογιστῇ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν ς[…]τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως διὰ[…] […] μηνιαρχῶν Αὐρηλίων […] καὶ Σαρμάτου Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἀμφοτέρων ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. αἰτούμεθα[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]