τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ ἐν ἀπόγραφος γεωργός. χρείας καὶ νῦν γεναμένης εἰς τὴν ὑπʼ ἐμὲ γεουχικὴν μηχανὴν καλουμένην
ν τοῦ ἐκεῖσε ἀντλοῦσαν εἰς πωμάριον ἄξονος ἑνός, ἀνελθὼν ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως ἠξίωσα τὴν ὑμῶν ὑπερφύειαν διὰ τῶν αὐτῇ προσοικόντων
ὥστε κελεῦσαί μοι αὐτὸν παρασχεθῆναι. καὶ εὐθέως ἡ ὑμῶν ὑπερφύεια φροντίδα ποιουμένη τῆς συστάσεως τῶν ἑαυτῆς πραγμάτων τὸν αὐτὸν
ἄξονα παρέσχετό μοι ἐκ τῶν ἐνεχθέντων νέων ἀπὸ τῆς μεγαλοπόλεως Ἀλεξα[νδρίας], ὅντινα καινὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἀντλητικὸν εὐάρεστον
ἐδεξάμην εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν πάντων τῶν μηχανικῶν ὀργάνων ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ, ἥτις ἐστὶν Τῦβι τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους
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Of the law of the Oxyrhynchus, a farmer. Of necessity and now having been made for the hydraulic machine called by me
that draws from there into a small water wheel of one axis, having ascended upon the city, I deemed your superiority through those
who are related to it, so that I might command that it be provided to me. And immediately your superior concern, being concerned with the
arrangement of your own affairs, would provide me the same axis from those newly brought from the great city of Alexandria,
which I received as a new suitable pumping device, easy to handle, for the replenishment of all mechanical instruments on this day, which is Tubis of the current year.