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Declaration of village officials of Sepho to the logistes TM 15291Oxyrhynchos341

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Opening of a declaration addressed to Flavius Eulogios, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by the village officials of Sepho in the 7th pagus. Acting on orders of Flavius Iulius Ausonius, governor of Augustamnica, they submit something at their own and the villagers' risk, but the text breaks off before its subject. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 341.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Antonius Marcellinus and Petronius Probinus, the most illustrious. To Flavius Eulogios, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the inhabitants of the village of Sepho in the 7th pagus, through us, the public officials, the Aurelii Psenamounis son of Psois, headman of the village, and Achilleus […], tesserarius, and Eudaimon son of Hierax and Ioustinos son of Ptolemaios, komarchs. In accordance with the orders of the most perfect governor of Augustamnica, Flavius Iulius Ausonius, we submit at our own risk and that of all the inhabitants of the same village […] […]

The logistes was the chief financial officer of the city in the 4th century. The text breaks off before stating what was being submitted or nominated, so the purpose of the declaration is lost.

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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.oxy.54.3774

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 341 · Oxyrhynchos

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