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Sworn declaration by Aurelius Matreas of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos Aurelius Leonides, accepting his nomination as collector of metropolitan grain dues for the village of Kesmouchis in year 12 of Severus Alexander. He swears by the emperor's fortune to perform the duty faithfully and names Aurelius Ploutos of Senepta as his guarantor.
The amphodogrammateus was the official of a city quarter responsible for nominating citizens to compulsory public services (liturgies). The end of the oath, with any date and signatures, 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 Oath of Office). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
… Κεσμουχ[…] Αὐρηίῳ Λεωνίδῃ στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου […] Αὐρήλιος Ματρήας Ἡρακλείδου μητρὸς Διονυσίας ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως εἰσδοθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τῆς ε καὶ ϛ φυλῆς ἀμφοδογραμματέως τῆς πέμπτης περιόδου εἰς πρακτορίαν σιτικῶν μητροπολιτικῶν λημμάτων Κεσμούχεως τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ιβ ἔτους ὀμνύω …
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