Order [III AD]
Order to the collectors of corn dues at the village of Philonikou to deal gently with a man named Luokios
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31330
Order to grain-tax collectors of Philonikou not to trouble Lucius TM 31330Oxyrhynchos200 CE – 299 CE
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A short official order addressed to the collectors of grain taxes at the village of Philonikou, telling them not to harass a certain Lucius and to release something of his until the sowing is completed. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
To the collectors of grain dues of Philonikou.
Do not trouble Lucius Kerel[…]anianus, and release his […] until they have finished sowing
[…].
The object to be released is lost in a gap; it may have been his livestock, land or property seized for arrears. The verb shifts from plural to singular imperative in the original.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Orders to officials). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.6.965
πράκτορσι σιτικῶν Φιλονείκου. μὴ παρενοχλήσητε Λουκίῳ Κερελ […]ανιανῷ καὶ ἀπόλυσον τὴν […]αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ κατασπείρωσιν […].