POxy 658

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POxy 658 (or P. Oxy. IV 658) is one of four examples of libelli found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. The last lines of the manuscript declare the date — the first year of the emperor Decius, whose full name was Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius. We know the first year of his reign was 250 AD.

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1	τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν [καὶ]
2	θυσιῶν πόλ[εως]
3	παρ' Αὐρηλίου Λ̣[.....]
4	θίωνος Θεοδώρου μη[τρὸς]
5	Παντωνυμίδος ἀπὸ τ̣ῆ̣[ς]
6	αὐτῆς πόλεως. ἀεὶ μὲν
7	θύων καὶ σπένδων [τοῖ]ς
8	θεοῖς [δ]ιετέλ[εσα ἔ]τ̣ι̣ δ̣ὲ
9	καὶ νῦν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν
10	κατὰ τὰ κελευσθ[έ]ν[τα]
11	ἔσπεισα καὶ ἔθυσα κα[ὶ]
12	τῶν ἱερῶν ἐγευσάμην
13	ἅμα τῷ υἱῷ μου Αὐρη-
14	λίῳ Διοσκόρῳ καὶ τῇ
15	θυγατρί μου Αὐρηλίᾳ
16	Λαίδ̣ι. ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶς ὑπο-
17	σημιώσασθαι μοι.
18	(ἔτους) 1 Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος	During the first year of Autonomous Caesar
19	Γαίου Μεσσίου Κυίντου	Gaius Messius Quintus
20	Τραιανοῦ Δεκίου	Traianus Decius
21	Εὐσεβοῦ[ς Εὐ]τυχοῦς	Eusebius Eutychus
22	[Σεβασ]τοῦ [Παῦ]νι	Sebastian Pauni
23	[.....]ν̣( ) [ ? ]^[1]