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p.oxy.51.3620 2. Febr. 326Oxyrhynchos

Petition to Nyctostrategi via HGV-meta

Petition to the nyktostrategoi about an assault on the petitioner's wife. A petition from Aurelius Thonios of Oxyrhynchus to the city's night police chiefs, complaining that a woman named Tapesis and her slave Victora attacked his wife at home, tearing her clothes and injuring her. He asks that a midwife be sent to examine and report on her condition and that the attackers give sureties pending a case before the prefect of Egypt. It dates to 2 February 326. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου Αὐγούστου τὸ ζ καὶ Κωνσταντίου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α, Μεχεὶρ η. Αὐρηλίοις Ἀφθονίῳ καὶ Τιμοθέῳ ἀμφοτέροις νυκτοστρατήγοις τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Θωνίου Ὀννώφριος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς […] πόλεως. κατὰ τὴν χθὲς ἡμέραν, τῆς ἡμετέρας συμβίου κατʼ οἶκον τυγχανούσης, Ταπῆσίς τις, ἅμα τῇ ἑαυτῆς οἰκέτιδι Οὐϊκτωρᾶι, ἑσπεριναῖς ὥραις ἐν τοῖς πολὺ ἄπωθεν τῆς ἡμετέρας οἰκίας οἰκοῦσα, ἐπιστᾶσα ὕβρεις προσετρίψατο τῇ συμβίῳ μου ἀρρήτους, ὥστε μὴ μόνον τὴν ἐσθῆτα αὐτῆς διαρραγῆναι ἀλλὰ καὶ σῶμα, προσενεχθεισῶν […]…νπλω[…]…ν αὐτὴν συμβίῳ μου […]…[…]…κ…[…]…ης χρυσίου. ἐπεὶ τοίνυν […] τὴν βιβλιδίων ἐπίδοσιν ποιοῦμαι ἀξιῶν[…]… μαῖαν ἐπισταλεῖσαν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν ἀπαντῆσαι καὶ σημειώσασθαι τὴν διάθεσιν αὐτῆς καὶ ἐνγράφως προσφωνῆσαι καὶ τῆς προσφωνήσεως γεγενημένης καὶ γνωσθέντος τοῦ ἀτοπήματος ἐγγύας αὐτὰς παρασχέσθαι ἵνʼ εἰ συμβαίη τι τῇ συμβίῳ μου ἡ δέουσα ἐκδικία γένηται παρὰ τῷ ἀχράντῳ δικαστηρίῳ τοῦ κυρίου μου διασημοτάτου ἐπάρχου τῆς Αἰγύπτου Τιβερίου Φλαυΐου Λαίτου.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
In the consulship of our masters Constantine Augustus for the 7th time and Constantius the most noble Caesar for the 1st time, Mecheir 8. To the Aurelii Aphthonios and Timotheos, both nyktostrategoi of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, from Aurelius Thonios son of Onnophris, from the same […] city. Yesterday, while our wife was at home, a certain Tapesis, together with her own slave woman Victora, in the evening hours, she who lives far away from our house, came upon her and heaped unspeakable outrages on my wife, so that not only was her clothing torn but also her body, there having been brought […] her to my wife […] of gold. Since therefore […], I submit this petition, asking […] that a midwife sent by you should come and record her condition and report in writing, and that when the report has been made and the outrage made known, they should provide sureties, so that if anything should happen to my wife the proper redress may be obtained before the undefiled court of my lord the most perfect prefect of Egypt, Tiberius Flavius Laetus.

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