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Application to the logistes Aurelius Sarapodoros TM 15770Oxyrhynchos373

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Opening of an application addressed to Aurelius Sarapodoros, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by Thonios son of Parion, Kopreus and at least one other man. It is dated by the fourth consulship of the emperors Valentinian and Valens, AD 373, at Oxyrhynchus; the body of the request is lost.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Valentinian and Valens, eternal Augusti, for the 4th time […] To Aurelius Sarapodoros, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Thonios son of Parion and […] son of […]os and Kopreus son of Th[…] […]

The logistes (Latin curator civitatis) was the chief financial and administrative official of the city in late antiquity. The subject of the application is lost with the rest of the papyrus.

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 a 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.46.3309

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 373 · Oxyrhynchos

ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων τὸ δ […] Αὐρηλίῳ Σαραποδώρῳ λογιστῇ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Θωνίου Παρίωνος καὶ […] […]ου καὶ Κοπρέως Θ…[…] [… ? lines lost …]