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An order from the prytanis, president of the town council of Oxyrhynchus, to Thonios, collector of municipal revenues, to pay out 1800 drachmas. Of this, 1500 drachmas had been transferred through the public bank to an army procurement official collecting the price of wheat, and 300 drachmas were for the grain supply (annona) of legionary soldiers sent with a grain conveyor. It dates to 29 May 265.
An opinator was a military procurement officer collecting payments in kind or money for army supplies; the annona was the provisioning levy for troops. The document was written by a clerk and signed by the prytanis, who added the repeated payment line.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order from a Prytanis to a Tax - Collector). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
An order from a prytanis of the senate to a tax collector called a practor politicon to pay the prytanis 1500 drachmae credited by the tax collector to another revenue official, and 300 drachmae required for military supplies. The document was written by a clerk (across the fibre…
παρὰ τοῦ πρυτάνεως Θωνίῳ πράκτορι πολιτικῶν χαίρειν. ἐξοδίασόν μοι ἀφʼ ὧν ἀπῄτησας τελωνικῶν ἐν τῷ νομῷ ἃς μετεβάλου διὰ δημοσίας τραπέζης ὀπινάτορι ἀπαιτητῇ τιμῆς πυροῦ δραχμὰς Αφ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλλας εἰς λόγον ἀννώνης λεγιωναρίων πεμφθέντων ἀπὸ Ἡρακλάμμωνος μετὰ Ἰσχυρίωνος διώκτου σ…
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