p.oxy.46.3306
[…] Αὐρήλιος Αμμωνιανὸς ὁ καὶ Γερόντιος λογιστὴς Οξυρυγχίτου Αὐρηλίῳ Θέωνι ἐνάρχῳ πρυτάνει. ὁ κύριός μου διασημότατος καθολικὸς Ἄρριος Διότιμος ἐξ ὧν ε…[…]…αι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 15768
Letter of the logistes Ammonianus alias Gerontios to the prytanis Theon TM 15768Oxyrhynchosca. 314
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Opening of an official letter from Aurelius Ammonianus alias Gerontios, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Aurelius Theon, the serving prytanis (president of the town council). It begins to refer to the katholikos Arrius Diotimus, a senior financial official, before breaking off. Written at Oxyrhynchus around AD 314.
In English machine translation
[…] Aurelius Ammonianus also called Gerontios, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
to Aurelius Theon, prytanis in office. My lord the most eminent
katholikos Arrius Diotimus
from which […]
The logistes (Latin curator civitatis) was the chief municipal financial officer; the katholikos was the head of imperial finances in Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of a Logistes to a Prytanis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.