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Application from Aurelius Dionysios son of Sarapion to Aurelius Ploution, secretary of the corn dole at Oxyrhynchus, asking to be admitted to the free grain distribution. He cites a council resolution that men who had performed liturgies were eligible, and his own service as a guard in his city quarter.
The sitēresion was the free monthly grain distribution to registered citizens of Oxyrhynchus in the later 3rd century AD; the heading 'leit(ourg-) 31' appears to be a filing note classifying the applicant among former liturgists. The text breaks off before the request itself.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to Receive the Dole). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[1] … [2] λειτουργ λα Αὐρηλίῳ Πλουτίωνι γραμματεῖ σιτηρεσίου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Διονυσίου Σαραπίωνος καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω Ἀλθαιέως. δόξαντός τε τῇ κρατίστῃ βουλῇ ὥστε τοὺς λελειτουργηκότας μετέχειν τῆς τοῦ σιτηρεσίου δωρεᾶς καὶ αὐτὸς …[…]λειτουργήσας ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου[…]…ου φυλακίαν καὶ ἐνταγεὶ…
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