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Letter notifying a man of his appointment as gymnasiarch for one day TM 15946Oxyrhynchos23. Aug. 257

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An official letter, probably from a local magistrate at Oxyrhynchus, informing a man that the town council has named him to serve as gymnasiarch on the 4th epagomenal day of year 4 and to provide the oil. It is dated Mesore 30 of the 4th year of Valerian and Gallienus (AD 257) and bears a note by the assistant Aurelius Amois recording its delivery.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] greetings. The members of the most excellent council here, through Aurelius […] also called Ptolemaios, gymnasiarch and, as he is styled, prytanis in office, have written to me declaring that you must serve as gymnasiarch on the 4th of the epagomenal days in the 4th year. So that you may know, dearest friend, and make provision for the supply of the oil, I have written to you. I pray for your health, dearest friend. Year 4 of the Emperors and Caesars Publius Licinius Valerianus and Publius Licinius Valerianus Gallienus Germanici Maximi Pii Felices and Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus the most illustrious Caesar, Augusti, Mesore 30. I, Aurelius Amois, assistant, delivered it. [Year 4,] Mesore, epagomenal day 2.

The gymnasiarchy was a costly civic office, here held for a single day, whose main burden was supplying oil for the gymnasium. The epagomenal days were the five extra days ending the Egyptian year after Mesore.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter to a Gymnasiarch). 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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p.oxy.44.3182

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 23. Aug. 257 · Oxyrhynchos

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