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Petition to the strategos about damage to two date palms near Bakchias TM 11254Arsinoites12. Aug. 164

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A petition from Ptolemaios son of Chairas of the Arsinoite metropolis to the strategos Vegetus, reporting that two men damaged and removed two date palms from an estate near Bakchias while he was away. He found the palms with them at the village of Nestou, handed them to the village police chief, and asks that his complaint be recorded and his right to proceed be reserved.

In English machine translation

To Vegetus, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Ptolemaios son of Chairas, from the metropolis. On the 16th of the present month Mesore, Horion son of Phakes and Diodoros called Panetol, while I was away from home, came to the estate of Strouthos near the village of Bakchias and damaged … two date palms from it; searching for these I found them in their possession in the village of Nestou, and I dragged them off and handed them over to the chief of police of the village. Therefore I submit this and ask that, this being entered on record, my right of action against them be reserved, and that I may be helped. Year 4 of Antoninus and Verus the Lords Augusti, Mesore 19.

The archephodos was the village chief of police. A word before 'from it' is illegible, so the exact nature of the damage is uncertain; 'I dragged them off' may refer to the men rather than the palms.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dégâts causés à deux palmiers: une pétition au stratège). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 12. Aug. 164 · Arsinoites

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