p.oxy.12.1509
Θέων συστάτης Ἀφυγχίῳ Σαραπάμμωνος χαίρειν. ἀνεδόθης εἰς ὑπηρεσίαν Διοσκουρίδου κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ διασημοτάτου καθολικοῦ. ὁ αὐτὸς σεσημείωμαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33653
Notice of appointment of an assistant by order of the catholicus TM 33653Oxyrhynchitesfrühes IV
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A short official notice from Theon, a local nominating officer (systates), informing Aphynchios son of Sarapammon that he has been appointed to serve as assistant to Dioskourides on the order of the catholicus, the chief financial official of Egypt. It dates to the early 4th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
In English machine translation
Theon, systates, to Aphynchios son of Sarapammon, greeting.
You have been nominated for service as assistant to Dioskourides, by order of the most eminent catholicus.
I, the same, have signed.
A systates was a local official responsible for nominating people to compulsory public services (liturgies). The catholicus (katholikos) was the head of the financial administration of Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Appointment of a ὑπηρέτης). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.