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Demand to a former strategos for unpaid sums from dyke inspection TM 20719Oxyrhynchos195 - 196

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Official letter from Aurelius Apolinarios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Apion, a former strategos of the Antaiopolite nome. It passes on a report that Apion failed to complete the inspection of dykes and canals for year 2 and did not pay 3,187 drachmas 3 obols into the treasury office, and demands prompt payment. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 195-196.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Apolinarios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Apion, former strategos of the Antaiopolite nome, his dearest, greetings. Dioskoros, the strategos of the Antaiopolite nome, by a letter which he sent me, dated in the past year 3, Epeiph 13, made known that the eklogistes of the nome, Potamon also called Sarapion, has entered among the receipts of the administration of year 3 against you, because you did not complete the inspection of the dykes and canals of year 2 within the appointed time limit, and did not deposit into the accounting office of the administration 3,187 drachmas 3 obols; he wished me to make demand for these sums and credit them to that nome. So that you may know, and make the payment without any delay in accordance with what has been written […] […]

The eklogistes was the nome's financial auditing official; the strategos was the chief civil administrator of a nome. The word 'make' (poiesai) was omitted by the scribe and supplied by the editor.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Peculation by a Treasury Official). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 195 - 196 · Oxyrhynchos

Αὐρήλιος Ἀπολινάριος στρατηγὸς Ὀξυρυγχείτου Ἀπίωνι στρατηγήσαντι Ἀνταιοπολίτου τῶι φιλτάτωι χαίρειν. Διόσκορος ὁ τοῦ Ἀνταιοπολείτου στρατηγός, διʼ οὗ ἐπέστειλέν μοι ἐπιστάλματος κεχρονισμένου εἰς τὸ διεληλυθὸς γ ἔτος, Ἐπεὶφ ιγ, ἐδήλωσεν τὸν τοῦ νομοῦ ἐγλογιστὴν Ποτάμωνα τὸν καὶ Σ…