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Petition by Coppersmiths Regarding Payment for Labor (283-292 CE) Oxyrhynchos - Upper Egypt


Oxyrhynchos (Upper Egypt, Egypt — Pleiades map), 283-292 CE
GRA III 275 = PLaur IV 155 = BL VIII 167 = Papyri.info TM 21257 = AGRW ID# 31532
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1861


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Papyrus (9.4 x 18.8 cm) now in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence (PL III 500).

To Aurelius Apollonios, also called Dionysios, who is the recorder of the illustrious city of the Alexandrians, leader of the gymnasium, city councillor, or however he is styled, the current president (prytanis) of the illustrious and most illustrious city of Oxyrhynchos, from the association (koinon) of coppersmiths of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites.

Through Aurelius Name . . . , Sarapiades, and Didymos, we request that you give orders for us to be paid in full in the amount of . . . (1 talent and) . . . 5,400 drachmas, after engaging in repairs of the repaired baths of the same city and having agreed upon an amount (weight) of 14 minas, . . . making the price 1 talent and 5,400 drachmas.  We request that you ask the treasurer of . . . civic expenses (?) . . . to . . . make a payment to us, as is customary (?) . . .

Translation by: Patrick Stange and Harland



((tachygraphic-marks)) | Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀπολλωνίῳ τῷ καὶ Διονυσίῳ̣ [γενομένῳ] | ὑπομνη (ματογράφῳ) τῆς λαμπρο(τάτης) π̣ό̣[λε]ω̣[ς] τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ Ἀ[λεξανδρέων] | γυμ(νασιαρχήσαντι) βουλευτῇ κ̣α̣ὶ ὡ̣[ς] χ̣ρη̣μ̣(ατίζει) [τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ] | λαμπ[ρ]ο̣(τάτης) Ὀξ(υρυγχιτῶν) π[όλ]ε̣ως ἐνάρχῳ πρυτάνει. || παρὰ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν χαλκέων τῆ[ς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμ]|προτάτης Ὀξ(υρυγκιτῶν) πόλεως διʼ Αὐρηλίων Ἑρμογ ̣[ -ca.?- καὶ -ca.?- ] | ρου καὶ Σαραπιάδους Δι̣δ̣ύμου αἰ[τού]μεθα [ἐπι]|σταλῆναι ἐξοδιασθῆναι ἡμεῖν (ἡμῖν) λεω ̣[ -ca.?- ] | αμ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ξ̣ ̣ς κ̣α̣ὶ̣ ι̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣[ -ca.?- ] || (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) Ε̣υ, χωρούντων εἰς ἐπισ̣κ̣ε̣[υὴν τοῦ ἐπισκευα]|ζομένου βαλανείου τῆ[ς αὐτῆς πόλεως] | λεγομ(ένου) ὁλκῆς μ(νῶν) ιδ ὡς [ -ca.?- γίνονται ἐπὶ] | τὸ αὐτὸ τῆς τιμῆς (τάλαντον) α (δραχμαὶ) Ευ̣ κ̣[αὶ ἀξιοῦμεν ἐπιστεῖ]|λαί σε τῷ ταμείᾳ (ταμιείᾳ) τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ π̣ο̣[λιτικῶν χρημάτων] || [τὸν ἐξοδ]ι̣α̣σ̣μ̣ὸ̣ν̣ ἡμ̣ε̣ῖ̣ν̣ (ἡμῖν) π̣ο̣[ιήσασθαι κατὰ τὸ ἔθος] | [ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --.

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