Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658 (P. Oxy. 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.
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Text in [brackets] is reconstructed to fill a gap (lacuna ) in the papyrus .
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Text in (parentheses ) is full spelling of an abbreviation.
Letters with subscript dots are incomplete or indistinct.
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τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν [καὶ]
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θυσιῶν πόλ[εως]
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παρ' Αὐρηλίου Λ̣[.....]
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θίωνος Θεοδώρου μη[τρὸς]
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Παντωνυμίδος ἀπὸ τ̣ῆ̣[ς]
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αὐτῆς πόλεως. ἀεὶ μὲν
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θύων καὶ σπένδων [τοῖ]ς
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θεοῖς [δ]ιετέλ[εσα ἔ]τ̣ι̣ δ̣ὲ
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καὶ νῦν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν
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κατὰ τὰ κελευσθ[έ]ν[τα]
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ἔσπεισα καὶ ἔθυσα κα[ὶ]
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τῶν ἱερῶν ἐγευσάμην
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ἅμα τῷ υἱῷ μου Αὐρη-
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λίῳ Διοσκόρῳ καὶ τῇ
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θυγατρί μου Αὐρηλίᾳ
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Λαίδ̣ι. ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶς ὑπο-
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σημιώσασθαι μοι.
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(ἔτους) 1 Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος
During the first year of the Emperor Caesar
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Γαίου Μεσσίου Κυίντου
Gaius Messius Quintus
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Τραιανοῦ Δεκίου
Traianus Decius
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Εὐσεβοῦ[ς Εὐ]τυχοῦς
Eusebius Eutychus
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[Σεβασ]τοῦ [Παῦ]νι
Sebastian Pauni
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[.....]ν̣( ) [ ? ] [1]
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