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Petition to the governor of Arcadia about annona supplies for the Thebaid TM 35451Oxyrhynchos (?)V

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Fragmentary petition or official report addressed to Flavius Aelius Eusebius, governor of the province of Arcadia, concerning orders from the military commander of the Egyptian frontier about annona provisions for troops in the Thebaid. It mentions a six-month reckoning, grain transport, and a decision of the Augustal prefect that the burden should not fall entirely on one party. Fifth century AD, probably from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Aelius Eusebius, the most illustrious governor of the province of Arcadia, Having received a letter from my lord the most magnificent [...] of the camps of the Egyptian frontier, ordering [...] to the [...]tanoi (?) annona [...] the Theban province for the sake of the [...] hastening [...] according to the account of the [...] expense [...] of the [...] occurring [...] citizens [...] city, thus I made [...] the six-month period having been reckoned, so that the grain transport [...] of the quantity of the annona provisions being prepared (?) [...] since [...] and very wonderful [...] my lord the most magnificent Augustal prefect [...] decided that it was not fitting [...] objection of the [...] this [...] to bear the burden in full [...] this [...] [...] of instruction [...] to the master of my soul [...]

The annona was the state levy in kind used to supply soldiers and officials. The title of the military commander (probably the comes of the Egyptian limes) is largely restored.

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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p.mert.1.43v

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · V · Oxyrhynchos (?)

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