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Petition to the prefect of Egypt, Statilius Ammianus, from Aurelius Horion, a councillor and former gymnasiarch of Oxyrhynchus, on behalf of the destitute children of his late nephew Aniketos alias Remmius. He explains that since their father's death in Gallienus' 14th year the children have been in his care while their widowed mother lived; the request itself is lost.
The 14th year of Gallienus corresponds to AD 266/7. The text breaks off before the actual request, so its specific purpose is unknown.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to a Prefect). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Στατιλίῳ Ἀμμιανῷ τῷ διασημοτάτῳ ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ὡρίωνος Ἀνικήτου ἀγωνοθετήσαντος γυμνασιάρχου βουλευτοῦ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν λαμπρᾶς πόλεως· τὴν ἐκ φύσεως ὀφειλομένην ἀποσῴζων εὔνοιαν, λαμπρότατε ἡγεμών, πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ ἀδελφιδοῦ μου Ἀνικήτου τοῦ καὶ Ῥεμμίου Αὐρηλίο…
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