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Report on the injuries of a field-guard of Karanis TM 11938Arsinoites14. Jan. 300

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An official medical inspection report addressed to Aurelius Heron, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, by his assistant Aurelius Diogenes. Acting on a petition from Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, a field-guard of Karanis, Diogenes examined him and found club bruises on his left arm and shoulder-blade. Dated 14 January 300 in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Heron, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, from Aurelius Diogenes, assistant of the strategia. Having been instructed by you, on the basis of the petition submitted to you on the 16th of the present month Tybi by Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, field-guard of the village of Karanis, to inspect what (injuries) he has over his whole body, I accordingly inspected the above-written Isidoros and found him to have on the arm of his left hand a bruise from a club, and on the same side, on the shoulder-blade, a bruise. Therefore I report. Farewell. Year 16 and 15 and 8 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian, most illustrious Caesars, Tybi 18.

The text writes 'Konstantinou' for the Caesar Constantius (I). Such inspection reports supported petitions about assault by documenting the wounds.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deposition concerning Injuries). 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 · 14. Jan. 300 · Arsinoites

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