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Beginning of an application by Aurelius Pa[…], son of Chous, of Oxyrhynchus, to Flavius Sarapodoros, the city's logistes (curator), dated in Mecheir of AD 374. He refers to a house plot in the city that he acquired by purchase and to the old age of a building, apparently in connection with building work; the rest is lost.
The date follows the year after the fourth consulship of Valentinian and Valens (373). The logistes was the city official responsible for municipal affairs, including buildings.
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.
μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος τῶν αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων τὸ δ, Μεχείρ. Φλαουίῳ Σαραποδώρῳ λογιστῇ Οξυρυγχείτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Πα…… Χωοῦτος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. κεκτημε… οἰκοπεδ[…]… ον…[…]… ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει ἀκολούθως τῇ γεγενημένῃ εἰς ἐμὲ πράσει, ἀλλʼ…
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