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Draft opening of Ammon's petition about slaves entrusted to Komon TM 100075Alexandria bzw. Panopolis9. - 13. Dez. 348

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Draft of the opening of a petition in the archive of Ammon, who explains that his brother Harpokration, an eloquent man travelling abroad, left slaves with him, and that on leaving for the Thebaid he entrusted them to an Alexandrian named Komon to return to Harpokration. The text breaks off as the grievance is about to be explained; it dates to December 348.

In English machine translation

[…] […] having been brought up, I do not know for what reason, now an outrage not […] in the middle of such a great city, in which ⟦magistrate and judge (?)⟧ […] […] laws ⟦[…]⟧ […] takes place and […] of the magistrate […], whose incomparable judgement experience has shown among various peoples both long ago and now. The matter, my lord, is as follows: a certain brother of mine, Harpokration, a man of eloquence, setting out from this city on journeys abroad […], left slaves with me, who was then staying here. But when I was then departing for the Thebaid, I entrusted them to a certain Komon, an Alexandrian, who was a friend of his, so that he might restore them to my brother on his return. For I expected his return to take place after a short time. But he, being on his journey and passing on each occasion from country to country because of the opportunity his oratory offered, […] just […] […] […] […]

This is a draft with deletions, from the papers of the scholasticus Ammon of Panopolis; Harpokration was a travelling rhetor, hence 'the opportunity his oratory offered'. The place is recorded as either Alexandria (where it was composed) or Panopolis (where it was found).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beginn der Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.ammon.2.34

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 9. - 13. Dez. 348 · Alexandria bzw. Panopolis

ε…φ…[…]…[…] …κπ…[…]… ἀναχθεὶς οὐκ οἶδ ἄνθ ὅτου νῦν ὑβριν οὐ τη[…] … ἐν μέσηι τῆι τοιαύτηι πόλει, ἐν ἧι δι…λι[…] πα…κα… νόμους …σι γίγνεταί τε καὶ π…αι νε[…]…[…]υ ἄρχοντος, οὗ τὸ ἀμίμητον τῆς κρίσεως ἐν διαφόροις ἔθνεσι καὶ πάλαι καὶ νῦν ἡ πεῖρα ἔδειξεν. τὸ δὲ πρᾶγμα, δέσποτα, τοι…