p.cair.isid.139
[…] Αὐρηλίῳ Γορδιανῷ βενεφικιαρίῳ στατίζοντι ἐν Ἀρσινοείτῃ. [… 32 lines lost …] ξένους τῆς κώμης ὄντας ἔτους α τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Λουκίου Δομιτίου Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ ἐπαγομένων […] …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10342
Petition to the beneficiarius Aurelius Gordianus TM 10342Arsinoites24. - 28. Aug. 297
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Fragment of a petition addressed to Aurelius Gordianus, a beneficiarius (police official) stationed in the Arsinoite nome. Almost the entire body is lost; only a phrase about people who were strangers to the village survives, followed by a date in the first year of the usurper Domitius Domitianus, late August AD 297.
In English machine translation
[…] to Aurelius Gordianus, beneficiarius stationed in the Arsinoite nome.
[… 32 lines lost …]
[…] being strangers to the village.
Year 1 of our lord Lucius Domitius Domitianus Augustus, Mesore, intercalary day […] …
A beneficiarius was a soldier seconded to police and administrative duties. The date uses the regnal years of Lucius Domitius Domitianus, who briefly claimed power in Egypt in 297-298.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to a Beneficiarius). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.