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Minutes of town council proceedings on timber, smiths and freight charges TM 78597Oxyrhynchosca. 331

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Fragmentary minutes of a meeting of the town council of Oxyrhynchus, around AD 331. The prytanis, the logistes Dioskourides and others discuss the supply of timber, wages of smiths, nominations to a liturgy, and freight charges for boats in connection with an order of the prefect of Egypt Flavius Hyginus.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] 17 […] […] so that he may take charge of the timber meanwhile […] […] the documents submitted to me by […] […] concerning the wages of the smiths […] […] to deposit openly […] […] The councillors called out: Let them devote themselves to the civic […] […] no one works there […] […] to us by the collector (kephalaiotes) […] […] of the city. The prytanis said: […] and concerning the […] […] we wished to take charge of each […] […] you wish to be provided to them and […] […] timber or 20 talents […] old (?) […] […] 20 they must receive only […] […] they must receive and other […] […] to be […] Dioskourides, logistes […] […] said: Something else […] timber […] […] [… lines lost …] [verso] […] 18 […] […] being […] for the completion of the […] […] my lord the most eminent prefect […] […] The prytanis said: This man […] sufficient for the […] […] being a vineyard owner […] […] of the city, and he ought not to be nominated for this […] […] as many as you have now nominated will not escape notice […] […] in due sequence […] […] the prefect of Egypt, Flavius Hyginus, concerning […] […] having sent for this purpose also officials of his staff […] […] with those in charge of the cutting, of those chosen by […] […] soldier, to provide freight charges for the boats to the […] […] Apollonios, vir perfectissimus, said: He must, from the sums apportioned […] […] the freight charges must be paid from the sums collected […] […] The councillors called out: So be it. The prytanis said: Before the […] […] the logistes […] necessary […] […] […] Julianus […] [… lines lost …]

The numbers 17 and 18 at the top of each side appear to be page or sheet numbers of a council minute book. The prytanis presided over the council; the logistes (curator civitatis) was the city's financial overseer.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Town Council Proceedings). 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.66.4525

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