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μ̣[ετ]ὰ̣ τὴν ὑ̣π̣ατ[ε]ί[α]ν̣ Φλαο̣[υΐ]ο̣υ Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ λαμπρο(τάτου) καὶ τοῦ δηλωθ(ησομένου),
Παχὼν ιδ, ἰνδι̣[κ(τίονος)] ι̣α̣ ἀρχ(ῇ) ιβ, ἐν Ὀξυρύγχ(ων πόλει).
τ̣ὸ̣ [κ]ο̣ιν[ὸ]ν̣ τῶν̣ [ἀπ]ὸ κώμης Τακόνα τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ δἰ ἡμῶν Ἰ (*) ωάννου [Πα]τ̣βως (*) καὶ Νιλᾶ Σερήνου [ἀνα]δεχομέ̣ν̣ω̣[ν] κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τὴν γνώμην τῶν ἄλλων ὁμοκομητ[ῶν] (*) Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀνουφ̣[ί]ῳ υἱῷ Θεοδώρου διὰ σοῦ τοῦ [πατρὸ]ς α̣ὐ̣τ̣ο̣ῦ Θ̣[εοδώ]ρου υ̣[ἱ]ο̣[ῦ] Μ̣εγάλου τοῦ καὶ Διδύμου ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀξ[υρυγχ]ιτῶν νομι[κ(αρίου)] χαίρειν. [τ]ο̣ῦ̣ κύκλου 5 [ ̣  ̣ ]ε̣σ̣[ ̣  ̣ ]τος ὥστε ἡμᾶς τὸν νομικ[άριον ὀνο]μάσαι κατὰ τὴ̣[ν ἐ]π̣ι̣β̣άλλουσαν τ̣[ῇ ἡ]μετέρᾳ κώμῃ ἀναλογίαν [ὑ]φ̣ʼ ἓ̣ν̣ γ̣[εν]άμενοι καὶ μιᾶς γ̣[ν]ώμης κρ̣[α]τ̣ήσαντες ὠνομάσαμέν σε τὸν προγεγραμμένον Ἀνούφιον διὰ τοῦ σ̣οῦ πατρὸς Θεοδώρου ἐπὶ τῆς δωδεκάτης καὶ τρισκαιδεκάτης (*) τῶν ἐπινεμήσεων εἰς τὴν α̣ὐ̣τὴν τοῦ ν̣ο̣μ̣[ικα]ρίου χώραν καὶ φροντίδα ἐπὶ τῷ σὲ παραμῖναι (*) καὶ ὑπακοῦσαι εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦ νομικαρίου φρόντισμα καὶ μ̣η̣δ̣α̣[μῶ]ς ἀπολιφθῆναι (*), καὶ συνεφωνήθη καὶ ἔδοξεν ὥστε ἡμᾶς καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτόν, ὡς εἴρηται, 10 ὑπὲ[ρ τ]ῆ̣[ς] δωδεκάτης καὶ τρισκαιδεκάτης (*) τῶν ἰ (*) νδικτιόνων (*) παρασχεῖν σοι λόγῳ μισθῶν ἐκτὸς τῆς καλου-μένης ἐπικουρίας χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια εἰκοσιὲξ πρὸς τω (*) σὲ μέντοι τοῖς δημοσίοις ἀποκρίνασθαι καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν τὰ ἀνήκοντα τῷ νομικ[αρ]ίῳ ποιῆσαι καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπόκρησιν (*) παρασχεῖν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατὰ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον ἡμῖν μέρος καὶ μηδαμῶς ἀπολιφθῆναι (*). καὶ πρὸς ἀσφάλιαν (*) σὴν ταύτην σοι πεποιήμεθα τὴν ὀνομασίαν ἥτις κυρία ο̣ὖ̣σ̣α ἁπλῆ ἐγράφη, καὶ ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολογήσαμεν. (hand 2)
† Αὐρήλιοι Ἰ (*) ωάννης Πατβως (*) καὶ Νειλᾶς Σερήνου οἱ προγεγραμμένοι ἀναδεχόμενοι καὶ τη (*) γνωμη (*) τ[ῶν ἄ]λ̣λων ὁμοκωμητῶ̣ν̣ πεποιήμεθα τὴν ὀνομασίαν τοῦ νομικαρίου καὶ συμφωνεῖ ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ ἐγγεγραμμένα ὡς πρόκιται. Αὐρήλιος Γερμανὸς Ἰωάννου ἀξιωθίς (*) ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν γράμματα μὴ εἰδότων.

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Translation into English

After the high priesthood of Flavius Marcianus, the most illustrious and the one to be declared, Pachon 15, in the 12th year of the indiction, in the city of Oxyrhynchus.
The common people from the village of Takona of the Oxyrhynchite nome, through us, John Patbous and Nila Serenus, receiving and the opinion of the other fellow villagers, Aurelius Anuphius, son of Theodoros, through you, his father Theodoros, son of the Great and Didymus from the Oxyrhynchites, greetings from the legal representative. The circle of the year is such that we have named you the legal representative according to the ratio imposed on our village, having been born of one generation and having maintained one opinion, we have named you the aforementioned Anuphius through your father Theodoros for the 12th and 13th of the distributions into the same territory of the legal representative and care for you to remain and to obey the same care of the legal representative and not to be left behind, and it was agreed and it seemed to us that we, each year, as it has been said, to provide you with a word of wages outside of the so-called auxiliary gold coins, twenty-six towards you, however, to respond to the public and to do all that pertains to the legal representative and to provide every response on our behalf according to the part imposed on us and not to be left behind. And for your safety, we have made this name for you, which is the principal simple name written, and having been questioned, we have agreed.
Aurelius John Patbous and Nila Serenus, the aforementioned, receiving and the opinion of the other fellow villagers, we have made the name of the legal representative and all that is written agrees with us as it is stated. Aurelius Germanus, having been honored, wrote on their behalf letters without their knowledge.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

† μ̣[ετ]ὰ̣ τὴν ὑ̣π̣ατ[ε]ί[α]ν̣ Φλαο̣[υΐ]ο̣υ Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ λαμπρο(τάτου) καὶ τοῦ δηλωθ(ησομένου), Παχὼν ιδ, ἰνδι̣[κ(τίονος)] ι̣α̣ ἀρχ(ῇ) ιβ, ἐν Ὀξυρύγχ(ων πόλει).
τ̣ὸ̣ [κ]ο̣ιν[ὸ]ν̣ τῶν̣ [ἀπ]ὸ κώμης Τακόνα τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ δἰ ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου [Πα]τ̣βως καὶ Νιλᾶ Σερήνου [ἀνα]δεχομέ̣ν̣ω̣[ν] κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τὴν γνώμην τῶν ἄλλων ὁμοκομητ[ῶν] Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀνουφ̣[ί]ῳ υἱῷ Θεοδώρου διὰ σοῦ τοῦ [πατρὸ]ς α̣ὐ̣τ̣ο̣ῦ Θ̣[εοδώ]ρου υ̣[ἱ]ο̣[ῦ] Μ̣εγάλου τοῦ καὶ Διδύμου ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀξ[υρυγχ]ιτῶν νομι[κ(αρίου)] χαίρειν.
[τ]ο̣ῦ̣ κύκλου 5 [...]ε̣σ̣[...]τος ὥστε ἡμᾶς τὸν νομικ[άριον ὀνο]μάσαι κατὰ τὴ̣[ν ἐ]π̣ι̣β̣άλλουσαν τ̣[ῇ ἡ]μετέρᾳ κώμῃ ἀναλογίαν [ὑ]φ̣ʼ ἓ̣ν̣ γ̣[εν]άμενοι καὶ μιᾶς γ̣[ν]ώμης κρ̣[α]τ̣ήσαντες ὠνομάσαμέν σε τὸν προγεγραμμένον Ἀνούφιον διὰ τοῦ σοῦ πατρὸς Θεοδώρου ἐπὶ τῆς δωδεκάτης καὶ τρισκαιδεκάτης τῶν ἐπινεμήσεων εἰς τὴν α̣ὐ̣τὴν τοῦ ν̣ο̣μ̣[ικα]ρίου χώραν καὶ φροντίδα ἐπὶ τῷ σὲ παραμῖναι καὶ ὑπακοῦσαι εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦ νομικαρίου φρόντισμα καὶ μ̣η̣δ̣α̣[μῶ]ς ἀπολιφθῆναι, καὶ συνεφωνήθη καὶ ἔδοξεν ὥστε ἡμᾶς καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτόν, ὡς εἴρηται, 10 ὑπὲ[ρ τ]ῆ̣[ς] δωδεκάτης καὶ τρισκαιδεκάτης τῶν ἰνδικτιόνων παρασχεῖν σοι λόγῳ μισθῶν ἐκτὸς τῆς καλουμένης ἐπικουρίας χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια εἰκοσιὲξ πρὸς τῷ σὲ μέντοι τοῖς δημοσίοις ἀποκρίνασθαι καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν τὰ ἀνήκοντα τῷ νομικ[αρ]ίῳ ποιῆσαι καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπόκρησιν παρασχεῖν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατὰ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον ἡμῖν μέρος καὶ μηδαμῶς ἀπολιφθῆναι. καὶ πρὸς ἀσφάλιαν σὴν ταύτην σοι πεποιήμεθα τὴν ὀνομασίαν ἥτις κυρία ο̣ὖ̣σ̣α ἁπλῆ ἐγράφη, καὶ ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολογήσαμεν.
† Αὐρήλιοι Ἰωάννης Πατβως καὶ Νειλᾶς Σερήνου οἱ προγεγραμμένοι ἀναδεχόμενοι καὶ τῇ γνώμῃ τ[ῶν ἄ]λ̣λων ὁμοκωμητῶ̣ν̣ πεποιήμεθα τὴν ὀνομασίαν τοῦ νομικαρίου καὶ συμφωνεῖ ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ ἐγγεγραμμένα ὡς πρόκιται. Αὐρήλιος Γερμανὸς Ἰωάννου ἀξιωθείς ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν γράμματα μὴ εἰδότων.
† ὀ̣ν̣ο̣μ̣(ασία) τοῦ νομικ(αρίου) τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ ἀ̣π̣ὸ̣ κώμ(ης) Τακόνα.

English Translation

† After the consulship of Flavius Marcianus, the most illustrious and the one to be indicated, Pachon 14, in the 11th indiction, beginning of the 12th year, in the city of Oxyrhynchus.
The community from the village of Takona in the Oxyrhynchite nome, through us, Ioannes Patbos and Nilas son of Serenus, accepting also the opinion of the other fellow-villagers, to Aurelius Anouphios son of Theodoros, through you, his father Theodoros son of Megalos also called Didymos, from the Oxyrhynchite nome, legal representative, greetings.
Since it is fitting for us to appoint a legal representative according to the proportion falling upon our village, having become united and having agreed unanimously, we have appointed you, the aforementioned Anouphios, through your father Theodoros, for the twelfth and thirteenth indictions, to the same office and care of legal representative, on condition that you remain and obey the duties of the legal representative and by no means withdraw. It was agreed and decided that we shall provide you annually, as stated, for the twelfth and thirteenth indictions, as salary, apart from the so-called assistance, twenty-six gold solidi, provided that you respond to the public authorities and perform all duties belonging to the legal representative, and provide every response on our behalf according to the portion incumbent upon us, and by no means withdraw. For your security, we have made this appointment, which, being valid and simple, was written down, and upon being questioned, we have agreed.
† We, Aurelii Ioannes Patbos and Nilas son of Serenus, the aforementioned, accepting also the opinion of the other fellow-villagers, have made the appointment of the legal representative, and everything written above is agreed upon by us as stated. I, Aurelius Germanos son of Ioannes, having been requested, wrote on their behalf, as they are illiterate.
† Appointment of the legal representative from the village of Takona.