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Petition of a deacon to Abinnaeus about theft of clothing TM 10046Berenikis Aigialu (Arsinoites)11. Febr. 351

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Petition from Aurelius Heron, a deacon of the catholic church at the village of Berenikis, to Flavius Abinnaeus, commander of the cavalry unit at Dionysias. He complains that Euporos son of Hermeias of Philagris broke into his house and stole all his clothing, and asks for its return. Dated 11 February 351, in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Abinnaeus, ex-protector, prefect of the ala at the camp of Dionysias, from Aurelius Heron, deacon, from the village of Berenikis of the same nome, greeting. If the truth of the laws did not exist for us, we would long ago have been destroyed by the evildoers. Now then, Euporos son of Hermeias, from the village of Philagris of the same nome, robbed me inside my house, breaking in like a bandit, and took all the clothing and carried it off to his own place, up to the present, although I am able to bring proofs that he has committed this crime. Therefore I ask, lord praepositus, that what he snatched from me be returned to me without trouble; for I happen to be a deacon of the catholic church. And having obtained this I shall be grateful to you forever. Farewell. After the consulship of Flavii Sergius and Nigrinianus, the most illustrious, Mecheir 17.

Abinnaeus, a former protector, is addressed both as prefect of the ala and as praepositus, the usual term for a camp commander. The date is given by the post-consular formula for 350 (Sergius and Nigrinianus).

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 11. Febr. 351 · Berenikis Aigialu (Arsinoites)

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