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Petition of the Oxyrhynchite councillors to the governor Flavius Aelius Eusebius TM 35450Oxyrhynchos (?)V (?)

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Fragmentary petition, probably from the town councillors of Oxyrhynchus, to the provincial governor Flavius Aelius Eusebius. It appears to complain about burdens or impositions threatening the city, mentions an envoy Leukadios, the flight of councillors, and payments to bakers and gold-collectors, and appeals to the governor's benevolence and the prefects' intentions.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Aelius Eusebius, the most illustrious governor of the province […] The council (?) ⟦of the members of the curia⟧ of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites […] [the] benevolence everywhere […] of the court the cities […] seeking an imposition (?) […] but that it obtain […] […] if the city falls into misfortune, of us […] Leukadios, sent by us to […] not to suffer complete flight; but the same councillors […] that they return; all of them at any rate […] having provided to the bread-makers and the gold-receivers […] of the supervision of the court to be granted […] […] purpose of my lords the most eminent prefects […] of such a [great amount (?)] being demanded, to be overturned, a little in division (?) […] to my lord, of the soul, truly […] […]

The words naming the councillors as petitioners were deleted by the scribe, suggesting this is a draft. The 'gold-receivers' (chrysypodektai) were officials collecting taxes in gold.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petitions to a Praeses). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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