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Writing exercise: address of a petition to the acting prefect Mussius Aemilianus TM 47278Oxyrhynchos

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A writing exercise copying the opening address of a petition to Lucius Mussius Aemilianus, acting prefect of Egypt, from Aurelius Theoninos alias Aphynchis, son of Dioskoros and Taaphynchis. It comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

To Lucius Mussius Aemilianus, vir perfectissimus, acting prefect, from Aurelius Theoninos also called Aphynchis, son of Dioskoros, his mother being Taaphynchis

Mussius Aemilianus was acting prefect of Egypt around AD 257-259, which suggests a mid-3rd-century date. The misspelling 'hegeemonian' fits a practice copy, and only the heading of the petition is written.

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

p.koeln.10.417

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

Λουκίῳ Μουσσίῳ Αἰμιλιανῷ τῷ διασημοτάτῳ διέποντι τὴν ἡγηεμονίαν παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Θεωνείνου τοῦ καὶ Ἀφύγχιος Διοσκόρου μητρὸς Τααφύγχιοσ