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Draft letter ordering the handover of workshops at Oxyrhyncha TM 3195Arsinoites213 v.Chr. (?)

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Fragmentary draft of an official letter ordering that certain workshops at Oxyrhyncha in the Arsinoite nome be handed over to a man, son of Doros, for year 10. If those in charge object, they are to be summoned before the writer. Probably 213 BC.

In English machine translation

[…] …ion son of Doros, of the … […] … in Oxyrhyncha … for the 10th year […] … […] ⟦…⟧ let the workshops be handed over to him. […] … And if those in charge raise any objection, order them to appear before us. […] …

Oxyrhyncha is a village in the Fayum, not the city of Oxyrhynchus. The text is a draft with scribal deletions, and the term rendered 'workshops' (ergasteria) may refer to state-licensed production facilities.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Konzept eines Briefes). 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.koeln.6.265

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 213 v.Chr. (?) · Arsinoites

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