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Villagers' appeal to their master about an assault. Fragment of a letter or petition from villagers in the Arsinoite nome, 6th-7th century AD, reporting a violent incident in which a man was struck on the arm and others wanted to kill him. The writers ask their master to send someone to settle the matter. machine translation
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TM 37021.
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[…]ημων τινος ἐκ τῆς κώμης ἡμῶν επ[…]
[…]ης ἐν βραχίωνι καὶ ἔκραξεν βίᾳ εἰς τὸ μέσον τ[…]
[…]η τον τὸν ἄνθρωπον θέλουσιν φονεύσιν αὐτῶν […]
[…]ν καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα τούτῳ οὐκ ἐναιτε εἰς τὴν κώμην ἡμῶν[…]
[…]της ἡμῶν πέμψον ἄνθρωπον ἵνα δώσῃς αὐτοῦ κατάστασιν […]
[…]κωμην δέσποτα †
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