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The opening of a communication addressed to Nikippos, nomarch of Antinoopolis, by Apollonios son of Apollonios, who had been appointed by the city council to oversee the distribution of bread to members of the Nerouianian tribe, both those on the grain-dole list and those not on it. The rest of the text is lost; it dates to about AD 154 and was found at Oxyrhynchus.
The sitêresion was a grain dole for registered citizens; here it concerns Antinoopolis, though the papyrus was found at Oxyrhynchus. Nerouianeios and Eirenieus are names of the citizen demes of Antinoopolis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Communication to a Nomarch). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
…[…] Νικίππωι νομάρχῃ τῆς Ἀντινόου παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Ἀμμωνίου Νερουιανείου τοῦ καὶ Εἰρηνιέως προχειρισθέντος ὑπὸ τῆς κρατίστης βουλῆς ἐπʼ ἀναδόσεως ἄρτων … φυλῆς Νερουιανῆς τῶν τε ἐν τῷ σιτηρεσίῳ καὶ ἐκτὸς σιτηρεσίου …δ…… [… ? lines lost …]
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