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Address of a document to the logistes and syndics of the Great Oasis TM 33305Kellis (Oasis Magna)IV

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The opening address of an official document from Kellis in the Great Oasis, 4th century AD. It is directed to the logistes (city curator) Aurelius Kleoboulos and to two former magistrates of Mothis serving as syndics; the body of the document is lost.

In English machine translation

To the Aurelii Kleoboulos, logistes of the Great Oasis, and Philosarapis also called Mikkalos, former president of the city of the Mothites, and Andromachos son of Apollon, former magistrate, syndics […] […] [… lines lost …]

The logistes was a city financial curator; syndics (syndikoi) were legal advocates acting for the city. Mothis was the chief town of the Dakhla Oasis region.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Address of an Official Document). 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.kellis.1.25

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

Αὐρηλίοις Κλεοβούλῳ λογιστῇ Ὀάσεως Μεγάλης καὶ Φιλοσαράπιδι τῷ καὶ Μικκάλῳ ἄρξαντι προέδρῳ Μωθιτῶν πόλεως καὶ Ἀνδρομάχῳ Ἀπόλλωνος ἄρξαντι συνδίκοις … […] … […] [… ? lines lost …]