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A denunciation submitted to the royal scribe of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome by Aurelius Heron of Tebtynis, who reports that Aurelius Heraklas, called Abaskantos, was not registered in the house-by-house census returns. It was written for the illiterate Heron by Aurelius Heroneinos in Pauni of year 2 of Severus Alexander (AD 223).
The formula 'not as an accuser but defending myself' was a standard way to lodge a denunciation while avoiding the legal risks of formal accusation. 'Fatherless' (apator) marks a person of unknown or illegitimate paternity, identified by his mother.
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 Königlichen Schreiber). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Αὐρηλίωι Ἑρμαίσκῳ τῷ καὶ Ἑρμαίωνι βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Ἀρσινοίτου Θεμίστου καὶ Πολέμωνος μερίδων. παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἥρωνος Ὀρσέως ἀπὸ κώμης Τεβτύνεως. οὐκ ὢν κατήγορος, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ αὐτὸν ἀμυνόμενος ἐφ’ οἷς ἠδικήθην μηνύω Αὐρήλιον Ἡρακλᾶν ἀπάτορα μητρὸς Ἡρακλείας ἐπικαλούμενον Ἀβάσκαντ…
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