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Petition of Kronion, granary guard of Tebtynis, to the epistrategos Julius Varianus TM 11551Tebtynis (Arsinoites)134 - 135

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Opening of a petition from Kronion son of Cheos, granary guard (thesaurophylax) of Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome, to the epistrategos Julius Varianus. The body of the complaint is lost after a reference to the 19th year. It dates to AD 134-135.

In English machine translation

To Julius Varianus, the most excellent epistrategos, from Kronion son of Cheos, from Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome, granary guard of the same Tebtynis. In the 19th year […] […] your […] […] […] […]

The 19th year is presumably that of Hadrian (AD 134/135). The epistrategos was the Roman official over a group of nomes, here the Heptanomia and Arsinoite.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petizione all’epistratego). 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 · 134 - 135 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

Ἰουλίωι Οὐαριανῶι τῶι κρατίστῳ ἐπιστρατήγωι παρὰ Κρονίωνος Χεῶτος, ἀπὸ Τεβτύνεως Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου, θησαυροφύλακος τῆς αὐτῆς Τεβτύνεως. ιθ ἔτους …[…] ρα…[…]… π[…]ην σην …[…] …[…] [… ? lines lost …]