Report of the death of a detained tax-farmer in custody TM 15983Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Ägypten)24. Juni 228

To Aurelius De…nes also called Deios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii, Deios son of […] also called […], whose mother is Teteuris, and Dioskoros son of Ptolemaios also called Dionysios, Archistrateios also called Althaieus, doorkeepers of the accounting office of the Oxyrhynchite nome. One of the tax-farmers handed over to us by the jailers on your order, the strategos, on the third of the month Pachon, Aurelius Epinikos also called Petosorapis, lessee of the 2 1/2% tax on wool, fell ill inside and died today, which is the thirtieth of the present month Pauni. Therefore we submit this petition, making this very fact known, so that it may be on record, lest it somehow be inquired into later. Year 7 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Pauni 30. I, Aurelius Deios, have submitted it. I, Aurelius Theon son of Theon, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. I, Aurelius Dioskoros, have submitted it. […]