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Official letter from Aurelius Zoilos, a city councillor of Oxyrhynchus, to Aurelius Dionysios, forwarding a copy of an order issued by the prefect of Egypt, Flavius Eutolmius Tatianus, concerning Dionysios and his son Theon, and instructing him to comply. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 25 March 368.
The prefect's order itself, apparently copied below the letter, is lost with the rest of the papyrus. 'Councillor' renders politeuomenos, a member of the city council (boule).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαουΐων Λουπικίνου καὶ Ἰοουΐνου τῶν λαμπροτάτων, Φαμενὼθ κθ. Αὐρήλιος Ζωΐλος πολιτευόμενος τῆς λαμπρᾶς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Διονυσίῳ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ἴσον τῆς ἐπενεχθείσης προστάξεως ὑπὸ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ κυρίου μου λαμπροτάτου ἐπάρχου τῆς Αἰγ…
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