Fragments of a petition by a landowner of Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, who complains of harassment by someone, perhaps a son of Antaios, and asks an official to give an order. The text refers to the prefect of Egypt Statianus and to land and taxes.
In English machine translation
[Fragment A, recto]
[…]
[…] of Statianus, prefect of Egypt […]
[…] of those registered (?) by […]
[…] the land. This labour […]
[…] land I make, asking […]
[…] for being harassed by […]
[…] Antaios, whose mother is Senp[…]
[…] of my village Theadelphia in the Themistos division of the
[Arsinoite] nome, where I own land […]
[…] of the taxes […]
[Fragment B, recto]
[…] … by […]
[…] order (?) […]
[…] asking you to order […]
[…] to be … nor […]
[…] …
[…]
Statianus is probably the prefect Valerius Firmus or rather Flavius Statianus, prefect in the mid-3rd or 4th century; the records give no date. The verb translated 'registered' (eikonizo) refers to the descriptive identification of persons in official records.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.