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Petition to the strategos for service of an archidikastes' document TM 11618Arsinoites156 - 159

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A petition from Ptollas son of Leonides to Theodoros, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, asking that a copy of a document issued through the archidikastes' office be served on the person named in it. It quotes the cover order of the chief judge Tiberius Nikaias and dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 156-159).

In English machine translation

To Theodoros, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Ptollas son of Leonides, son of […]. [Of the] official instrument (?) which I obtained from the selection (dialoge), [I submit a] copy […] [and ask that a duplicate of it be] delivered [through an attendant] to the person indicated in it […] [in person, so that he may know. Year …] […] [of Titus Aelius Hadrianus] Antoninus Caesar the Lord […] [The copy of the instrument is as follows: Tiberius] Nikaias, priest and chief judge (archidikastes), [to the strategos of the Arsinoite nome, greetings.] […] [Let a copy] of the memorandum submitted [be delivered as stated above. Farewell. Year] […] [of Imperator] Caesar Titus Aelius Ha[drianus Antoninus Augustus] […] […]doros: I have signed. Areios also called […] To Tiberius Nikaias […] and former chiliarch […] [hypomne]matographos Ti[…]

Much of the formula is restored on the model of similar requests for service of documents registered through the archidikastes in Alexandria. Dialoge refers to the official processing of documents at the Alexandrian record office.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe an einen Strategen). 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 · 156 - 159 · Arsinoites

Θεοδώρῳ στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Πτολλᾶτος Λεωνίδου τοῦ […]οὗ παρέκομισα ἀπὸ διαλογῆς χρηματισμοῦ ἀντίγραφον[…]τούτου τὸ ἴσον διʼ ὑπηρέτου μεταδοθῆναι τῷ διʼ αὐτοῦ δηλουμένῳ[…]ἐνώπιον ἵνʼ εἰδῇ. ἔτους[…]Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ Κυρίου[…]ἔστι …