Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658 (P. Oxy. 658 orP. Oxy. IV 658) is one of four examples oflibelli found atOxyrhynchus inEgypt. The last lines of the manuscript declare the date — the first year of the emperorDecius, whose full name was Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius.
| 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 the Emperor 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] |
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