Petition to the prefect Appius Sabinus concerning the Antinoeia games TM 17512Oxyrhynchos (?)ca. 250

Fragmentary petition addressed to the prefect of Egypt Appius Sabinus by a certain Aurelius Did[…], mentioning his native city, a xystarch (official of athletes) and the great Antinoeia games. It preserves part of the prefect's reply (subscription), apparently granting a request on condition that the man owes nothing to the treasury or the Roman public account.

In English machine translation

A xystarch was the president of an athletic guild or games; the Antinoeia were games held at Antinoopolis in honour of Antinous. The provenance is uncertain.

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 the Praefect). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.