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Letter from Aurelius Dios also called Pertinax, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to the former gymnasiarch Aurelius Sarapion also called Agathos Daimon. It informs him that the city council of Oxyrhynchus, through its prytanis Eudaimon, has reported his election, with the prytanis, the syndics and ten other former magistrates, to look after the city's interests. The end of the text is lost.
The syndics (syndikoi) were city advocates who represented the community in legal matters. The purpose of the delegation, perhaps a lawsuit or embassy, was given in the lost portion.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notification of Appointment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρήλιος Δῖος ὁ καὶ Περτίναξ στρατηγὸς Ὀξυρυγχίτου Αὐρηλίῳ Σαραπίωνι τῷ καὶ Ἀγαθῷ Δαίμονι γυμνασιαρχήσαντι τῶι φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. ἡ αὐτόθι κρατίστη βουλὴ διὰ[…] Εὐδαίμονος ἐνάρχου πρυτάνεως ἐπέστειλάν μοι δηλοῦντες ᾑρῆσθαί σε ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ ἅμα τῷ ἐνάρχῳ πρυτάνει καὶ τοῖς συνδίκοις…
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