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Petition to the strategos about a highway robbery near Hiera Nikolaou TM 12594Arsinoites

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A petition from Dionysios son of Eudaimon, an Alexandrian citizen, to the strategos Vegetus of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, submitted through the acting royal scribe Zoilos. He reports that armed bandits attacked him near the watchtower beyond the village of Hiera Nikolaou, beat him almost to death, and stole his clothes, money and gold ring, and he asks that the complaint be officially recorded.

In English machine translation

To Vegetus, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, through Zoilos, royal scribe, who is also acting in the office of strategos of the same division, from Dionysios son of Eudaimon son of […]los, of the Sosikosmian tribe and the Althaean deme. Yesterday, which is the 12th of the current month, certain men came upon me in the manner of bandits, armed with swords, beyond the village of Hiera Nikolaou, in front of the watchtower, and maltreated me with many blows, so that I was in danger of my life. Not only this, but they also carried off everything I had, both clothes and money, and the gold ring that I had. Therefore, of necessity, I petition you and ask that this be entered on record with you […]

The tribe and deme names (Sosikosmios and Althaeus) mark the petitioner as an Alexandrian citizen. The magdolos was a watchtower guarding a route; the end of the petition is lost.

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 a Strategos). 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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p.oxy.50.3561

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Arsinoites

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