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Report of the systatai on a search for Ammonios son of Stephanos TM 15763Oxyrhynchos300

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A report from the three systatai (local officials) of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos Aurelius Zenagenes, answering an inquiry ordered by the prefect Claudius Cleopatrus. They state that after examining their registers they find no trace of a certain Ammonios son of Stephanos. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 300.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our lords Constantius and Maximian, the most illustrious Caesars, for the 3rd time. To Aurelius Zenagenes, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Horion son of Theon, and Chosion also called Amyntianos, and Didymos also called Sarapion son of Pyrrhos, the three systatai of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites. To you, who inquire on the order of our most perfect prefect Claudius Cleopatrus […] whether Ammonios son of Stephanos, of those from the same place (?) […] to report such knowledge of him […] to examine our books, each […] of the tribe, having been […], we find (?) him nowhere […] appearing […] neither of the two (?) […] and for this reason we make this declaration. […] […]

Systatai were officials responsible for the tribes (phylai) of the city, who kept registers of inhabitants and nominated persons for liturgies. The end of the document 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 Report of Systatae). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 300 · Oxyrhynchos

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