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[r] Γαίωι Αἰτερνίωι Φρόντωνι ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Διονυσοδώρου Διογένους τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπόλεως τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχείτου. πρὸς βραχὺν χρόνον ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ[…]…[…]…[…]γενόμενος […]…επι [… ? lines lost …] [v] Διογένει γραμματεῖ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 16542
Petition of Dionysodoros son of Diogenes to the prefect Aeternius Fronto TM 16542Oxyrhynchos
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Opening of a petition addressed to Gaius Aeternius Fronto, prefect of Egypt, by Dionysodoros son of Diogenes of the metropolis of the Oxyrhynchite nome, who mentions a short stay in Alexandria. The rest of the text is lost; the back carries an address or note to a Diogenes, apparently a secretary.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To Gaius Aeternius Fronto, prefect of Egypt,
from Dionysodoros son of Diogenes, of those from the metropolis of the Oxyrhynchite (nome). Having been for a short time in Alexandria […] […] […]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
[verso]
To Diogenes, secretary (?) […]
Aeternius Fronto was prefect of Egypt around AD 78-79, which roughly dates the petition. The title 'secretary' on the back is a restoration from a few letters.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.