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Petition from Dikaios son of Chairemon, a royal farmer of Euhemeria in the Fayum, to the police chief Gaius Iulius Pholus. He complains that Helenous daughter of Totheus, with whom he had no dealings, seriously assaulted or insulted his wife on Mesore 30 of Caligula's 3rd year, and asks that she be brought before the official for prosecution.
Greek hybris covers both physical assault and insulting abuse; the details of the incident are lost in the damaged middle section. Mesore 30 of year 3 of Gaius (Caligula) corresponds to 23 August AD 39.
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.
Γαίῳ Ἰουλίῳ Φόλῳ ἐπιστάτῃ φυλακιτῶν παρὰ Δικαίου τοῦ Χαιρήμονος τῶν ἀπὸ Εὐημερείας βασιλικοῦ γεωργοῦ. τῆι λ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς Μεσορὴ τοῦ γ ἔτους Γαίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Ἑλενοῦς Τοθέως πρὸς ἣν οὐκ εἴχον ἁπλῶς πρᾶγμα ὕβριν οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν τῇ γυναικί μου…… συνετελέσατο …
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