Fragmentary petition from Karanis to the iuridicus Gaius Caecilius Salvianus, submitted through an advocate. It concerns a woman Sarapias who lived with Longinus, a recently discharged soldier, and the property, including animals, slaves, gold jewellery and household goods, that she brought or that was left behind.
In English machine translation
To Gaius Caecilius Salvianus, the most excellent iuridicus,
from […] of the village of Karanis in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, through the advocate Gaius U[…] […] of the advocate […]
[…] Sarapias, my lord, lived as wife with Longinus […], a soldier among those recently discharged in the […] year of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord, […] she came down here with him, bringing […] while being under age […] all the property left behind […] animals, among which also slaves and gold jewellery […] bought with silver (?) and no small amount of household goods […] of her here, as having learned, with […] Longinus […] being […]
[…] I appeal […]
[…] placed (?) […]
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The iuridicus (dikaiodotes) was a Roman judicial official in Alexandria. The reference to Aurelius Antoninus Caesar suggests a date in the reign of Marcus Aurelius or a related emperor, but the records give no exact date.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.