Opening of a petition from Oxyrhynchus addressed to the strategos Aurelius Dioskourides also called Iulianus, apparently submitted through a representative, Aurelius Theon. It concerns tax collection and supplies and names men from the hamlet of Pekty, but the rest is lost. It is dated by the consulship of Severus Augustus and Maximinus Caesar, that is AD 307.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of our lords Imperator Severus Augustus and Maximinus the most illustrious Caesar.
[…] most splendid (?) […] through Aurelius Theon […]
To Aurelius Dioskourides also called Iulianus, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, greetings.
You are concerned, best of strategoi, with the stability of the tax collection and of the supply goods. Now Herakles son of Dionysios and Kopreus and […]
[…] from the hamlet of Pekty […]
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[…] having obtained (?) and to the most sacred treasury […]
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The consular formula names Severus II and Maximinus Daia, pointing to AD 307. The petitioner's name and title, apparently a corporate or high-ranking party described as "most splendid", are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.