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Application to the strategos enclosing a petition to the prefect about liturgies TM 45236Oxyrhynchos

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Opening of an application by Aurelius Stephanos, also called Agathinos, of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos Aurelius Turbo, enclosing a copy of his petition to the prefect of Egypt Statilius Ammianus and the prefect's reply. In the petition he describes himself as registered in the Knights' quarter and as having performed liturgies for his city, and refers to the grain distribution; the rest is lost.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Turbo, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Stephanos son of Harachthes, also called Agathinos, his mother being Sinthonis, from the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites. The copy of the petition which I sent to his Magnificence the prefect, and of the subscription which I obtained from him, is as follows: "To Statilius Ammianus, the most eminent prefect of Egypt, from Aurelius Stephanos son of Harachthes, also called Agathinos, his mother being Sinthonis, from the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites. An Oxyrhynchite […] registered in the Knights' quarter […] having performed liturgies for my native city […] to the liturgies […] therefore in the matter of the grain ration (?) […] […]" […]

Statilius Ammianus was prefect of Egypt around AD 270-272, which dates the document approximately. The sitēresion was the civic grain dole at Oxyrhynchus, to which liturgical service could give claims.

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 a Strategus). 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.oxy.40.2923

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

Αὐρηλίῳ Τούρβωνι στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Στεφάνου Ἁράχθου τοῦ καὶ Ἀγαθείνου μητρὸς Σινθώνιος ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως. βιβλιδίου οὗ διεπεμψάμην τῷ μεγέθει τῆς ἡγεμονίας καὶ ἧς ἔτυχον ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ὑπογραφῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον οὕτως ἔχει. Στατιλίῳ Ἀμμι…