ὑ
πατεία̣[ς] Φλαουΐ[ου Φιλοξένου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου, Ἁθὺρ
ἰνδ(ικτίωνος)
[Φ]λαουΐ
ῳ Σ̣τρατηγίῳ [τῷ ἐνδοξοτάτῳ καὶ ὑπερφυεστάτῳ ἀπὸ ὑπάτων]
[κ]α̣ὶ στρατηλάτῃ γεουχοῦ[ντι καὶ ἐνταῦθα τῇ λαμπρᾷ Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλει,]
[δ]ιὰ Μηνᾶ οἰκέτου τοῦ κ[αὶ ἐπερωτῶντος καὶ προσπορίζοντος τῷ ἰδίῳ]
δεσπότῃ τῷ αὐτῷ ὑ
περφ̣[υεστάτῳ ἀνδρὶ τὴν ἀγωγὴν καὶ ἐνοχήν,
Αὐρήλιος Ἀνοῦπ υἱ
ὸς Διογένο̣[υς μητρὸς
ὁρμώμενος]
ἀπὸ ἐποικ̣ίου Μητροδώρου τοῦ Ὀξυρυ[γχ(ίτου)] ν̣[ομοῦ, κτ]ή̣μ̣α̣τ̣[ος τῆς ὑμῶν]
ὑ̣
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π̣ε̣ρφυείας, ἐναπόγραφος γεωργός, χαίρειν. χρείας κα̣ὶ̣ [νῦν]
γεναμένης εἰς τὴν ὑ
(*)
πʼ ἐμὲ γεουχι̣κ̣ὴν μηχανὴν̣ κα̣λου̣[μένην]
Καινῆς [ἀ]ντλοῦσαν εἰς ἄμπελον καὶ εἰς ἀροσίμην̣ γ̣ῆ̣ν [ἄξονος]
ἑνός, ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως ἠξ̣ίωσα τὴν ὑ̣μ̣[ῶν ὑπερφύειαν]
κελεῦσαί μοι τοῦτον πα̣ρασχεθῆναι. καὶ εὐθέ̣[ω]ς ἡ ὑ̣μῶν
ὑ
(*)
περφύ̣εια φροντίδα ποιουμένη τῆς συσ̣τάσεως
τῶν αὑτῆς πραγμάτων ἐκ̣έ̣λ̣ευσέν μο̣ι̣ τ̣ο̣[ῦ]τον δ̣οθ̣ῆ̣να̣ι̣
ἐκ τῶν ἐνεχθέντων̣ νέων ἀπὸ τῆς̣ [μ]εγαλοπ̣ό̣λ̣εως
Ἀλεξανδρείας, ὅντινα καινὸν ἐπιτήδ̣ι̣ον̣
(*)
ἀ̣ν̣τ̣λ̣η[τικὸν]
εὐάρεστον ἐδεξάμην εἰς̣ ἀναπλήρωσ(ιν) π̣ά̣ν̣τ̣ω̣ν τῶν
μηχα̣νικῶν ὀργάνων ἐν τ̣ῇ σ̣ή̣μ̣ερον ἡμ̣έ̣ρᾳ̣, ἥτις̣ ἐ̣σ̣τ̣ὶ̣ν̣
Ἁθὺ̣ρ̣ τ̣εσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη τοῦ ἐνεστῶ̣τ̣ος ἔτ̣ο̣[υ]ς̣
[σ]β̣
ρ̣ο̣α̣
τ̣[ῆς]
[πα]ρ̣ο̣ύσης τετ̣ά̣ρ̣[της] ἰ̣[νδικτίωνο]ς̣, [ὑδροπαροχίας]
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To the most illustrious Flavius Philoxenus, the most brilliant, from the city of Athyr, in the year of the indiction.
To the most glorious and most distinguished general, and to the most illustrious governor of the splendid city of Oxyrhynchus,
through Mena, the servant who is inquiring and providing for his own lord,
I, Aurelius Anoup, son of Diogenes, from the settlement of Mitrodorus of Oxyrhynchus, a farmer, send greetings. I have a need now for a machine for irrigation,
called the New, which draws water into the vineyard and into the arable land of one axis.
Having ascended to the city, I deemed it necessary to request that your excellence provide me with this.
And immediately your excellence, taking care of the arrangement of your own affairs, has sent me this to be given
from the new arrivals from the great city of Alexandria, which I received as a new useful pump,
pleasing for the replenishment of all the mechanical instruments on this present day, which is the 14th of the current year.
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