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Petition from three farmers of Karanis, Aurelius Ousenouphis, Aurelius Heras and Aurelius Heron, to Valerius Ziper, governor of the province of Aegyptus Herculia. They claim to plead in the interest of the imperial treasury's revenues and describe themselves as cultivators of 15 arouras of land apparently belonging to landowners from the city; the rest of the complaint is lost.
Aegyptus Herculia was a short-lived province created under the Tetrarchy. The title 'diasemotatos' renders the Latin rank vir perfectissimus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to the Governor). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Οὐαλερίῳ Ζίπερι τῷ διασημοτάτῳ ἡγουμένῳ Ἡρκουλίας Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Οὐσενούφεως Ἡρᾶ καὶ Ἡρᾶ Ἀτισίου καὶ Ἥρωνος Ἀπίωνος τῶν τριῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ. τῷ μὲν δοκεῖν, ἡγεμὼν δέσποτα, ὑπὲρ ἑαυτῶν τὸν λόγον προτινόμεθα, ἔργῳ δὲ ἀληθεῖ καὶ δυνάμει ὑπὲρ λυσιτε…
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