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Petition of a priest of Soknopaiou Nesos to the prefect about violence and a house break-in TM 11832Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites, Ägypten)7. Jan. 133

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A petition to the prefect of Egypt, Titus Flavius Titianus, from Satabous son of Satabous, priest at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, submitted through his son Stotoetis. He complains that a man broke into his grandfather's house and a sealed storeroom in it, carrying off its contents, and asks that the strategos investigate and send the offender to the prefect's court. Dated 7 January 133.

In English machine translation

To Titus Flavius Titianus, prefect of Egypt, from Satabous son of Satabous, from Soknopaiou Nesos in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome, priest of the notable temples, through his son Stotoetis, himself also a priest. […], lord, against Tese[…] […] […] of my grandfather's house, for which I also hold the security deed, he having dared and of the sealed storeroom which I had in it […] [… 3 lines lost …] […] the furnishings in it and […] […] […] to the strategos of the division of Herakleides to examine the violence done to me by him, and if he finds that this is so, to send him to your most sacred court of judgment, since I am not able in the district […] against him […] him to be helped. Farewell. Year 17 of Hadrian Caesar. Farewell. Tybi 12. (Docket:) Petition. Deliver […]

"Notable temples" (logima hiera) were officially ranked first-class temples. The closing words 'enteuche' and 'apodos' appear to be office annotations rather than part of the petitioner's text.

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 den Präfekten T. Flavius Titianus). 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 · 7. Jan. 133 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

[1] Τίτωι Φλαουίωι Τιτιανῶι ἐπάρχωι Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Σαταβοῦτος τοῦ Σαταβοῦτος ἀπὸ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου ἱερέως λογίμων ἱερῶν διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ Στοτοήτιος καὶ αὐτοῦ ἱερέως. […], κύριε, πρὸς Τεσε[…] φ…[…]ι[…]π… χρο … ν… οἰκίας παππικῆς μου ἧς καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλεια…