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Petition and proceedings before the prefect Munatius Felix concerning camel-keepers TM 12588Arsinoites, Ägyptenca. 150 - 154

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A petition addressed to Lucius Munatius Felix, prefect of Egypt, followed by extracts of court proceedings before him concerning camel-keepers whose camels had apparently been taken for a service involving hunters and a soldier. Advocates argue for the return of the camels and the prefect questions the parties; the text comes from the Arsinoite nome, about AD 150-154.

In English machine translation

To Lucius Munatius Felix, prefect of Egypt, from T[…], [scribe (?)] of the absentees […] of the […] to the hunters […] […] I act as advocate for the camel-keepers […] […] to the […] for the service […] of him […] camel-[keepers (?)] […] and they said […] the need itself […] […] the camel-keepers […] of them […] [Year …] of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius […] […] advocate [said: The] hunters are not present, but the camel-keepers Orseus and […] […] the soldier […] came forward (?) against him […] […] therefore to those who ask, the client, to recover the camels […] […] standing by for Orseus and his associates said: The proofs are of the cession itself […] […] I declared these very things. Munatius said: This will be nothing […] […] of this he will show you the matters of the rent, that he petitioned. Anthestios, advocate […] […] standing by for Marcellus, soldier, said: And […] […] but [later (?)] the camel-keepers saying the same thing, that […] […] gave [their] wages, so that the works should not be hindered […] […] need. Munatius said to Kastor: Whom [do you] blame […] […] said: From the strategos, he says […] […] the strategos, so that they should give. […] […] to him and went out with […] […]

The document combines a petition with minutes of a hearing (with 'X said' formulas), so it is also partly a court record. The 'absentees' in line 2 likely refers to an official register or office for persons who had left their domicile.

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 prefect Lucius Munatius Felix). 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 · ca. 150 - 154 · Arsinoites, Ägypten

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