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Opening of an official letter from Flavius Eulogios, logistes (city financial official) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to the clerk of the contractors' office. It concerns the entry of a man's son in the list of contractors responsible for half a stable of the express post; the rest is lost.
The 'express post' (oxys dromos) was the fast branch of the state transport system, whose relay stables were run by contractors (conductores). It is unclear whether Paianios is the son's name or the father's second name.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of a Logistes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Φλαύιος Εὐλόγιος λογιστὴς Ὀξυρυγχίτου λογογράφῳ κονδουκτορίου τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ ἐπιστάλματι τῶν κονδουκτόρων τοῦ ὀξέος δρόμου ἔνκειται καὶ ἡ ἐπωνυμία τοῦ υἱοῦ Ζεφυρίου Παιανίου ὑπὲρ ἡμίσους στάβλου καὶ διε[…]… υἱὸν φ…… [… ? lines lost …]
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