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Petition to a centurion about olive thieves caught in an olive grove TM 12551Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 29, 71 A.D.

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A petition to the centurion Lucius A[…] from Limnaios, steward for Aphrodisios, secretary of the Doryphorian estate. He reports that his men caught Apollonios son of Abykis of Karanis and another man stealing olives before dawn in Aphrodisios' olive grove, and asks that Apollonios be brought before the centurion. It was written at Karanis on 29 September AD 71.

In English machine translation

To Lucius A[…], centurion, from Limnaios son of Limnaios, steward of […] Aphrodisios, secretary of the Doryphorian estate. On the 1st of Phaophi of the current 4th year of Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, my men caught in the act, before dawn, Apollonios son of Abykis, one of the people from Karanis, in the olive grove of Aphrodisios together with another man, harvesting olives. Therefore I ask that he be brought before you. I, Limnaios son of Limnaios, and however I am styled, have submitted the above memorandum. Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, Phaophi 1.

The Doryphorian estate (ousia) was a large estate, probably named after a former owner called Doryphoros. The centurion's family name is broken after the initial A; Annius has been suggested.

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 Centurion). 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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Petition to the centurion

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Oslo inv. 439 · September 29, 71 A.D. · Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Petition to the centurion Lucius A(nnius?) from Limnaios, requesting the arrest of two thieves.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 29. Sept. 71 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

Λουκίωι Α… ἑκατοντάρχηι παρὰ Λιμναίου τοῦ Λιμναίου ἐπιτρόπου …σ…ου Ἀφροδισίου γραμματέως Δορυφοριανῆς οὐσίας. τῇ α τοῦ Φαῶφι τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος δ ἔτους Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ οἱ παρʼ ἐμοῦ κατέλαβαν ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρωι ὀρθριαίτερον τῆς ὥρας Ἀπολλώνιον Ἀβύκιος τῶν ἀπὸ Καρ…