Fragmentary official letter from Oxyrhynchus, addressed to or involving town councillors and an official named Dionysios, concerning administration in a past regnal year of Severus Alexander. It mentions the impending visit of the prefect of Egypt, Claudius Claudianus, and matters to be brought before the council.
In English machine translation
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[…] and […]
[…]icias also called Dionysios, agoranomos (?) […]
[…]des also called Seleukos, councillors […]
[…] greetings.
[…] having been appointed (?) to take charge of the administration […] in the past […] year of our lord Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, it is necessary, since our most illustrious prefect Claudius Claudianus is happily […] to come to […]
judging […]
[…]
and to be present for him when he has happily arrived in […]
[…] dearest ones, being kept […]
[…] to the most excellent council concerning the matters […]
[…] rights, and to each […]
[…] of the order (?) ordered […]
[…]
[…]
The prefect's arrival probably refers to his assize (conventus) visit to the district. Whether the named men are senders or addressees is unclear because the opening is damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Correspondence). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.