Petition to the defensor civitatis about stolen pigs TM 129804Oxyrhynchos11. Okt. - 31. Dez. 468 (?)

To Flavius Arion, the most eloquent scholastikos and defensor (ekdikos) of the Oxyrhynchite (city), from Aurelius Paulos, of the same city. On another occasion too certain criminals attacked our courtyard and dared to drive off the pigs belonging to me, and I made use of petitions to the respected riparii and achieved nothing; and now, the guards of this city of the Oxyrhynchites, using the same practice, have handed over the same watch, and certain criminals attacked our courtyard and carried off our pigs. For this reason I submit this petition to your clemency, bearing witness to this very matter, asking, since these have been taken away, that you take action and […] to attend to the provisioning of the city, most learned defensor, lord. I, Aurelius Paulos, have submitted (this). To Flavius Arion, the most eloquent scholastikos and defensor of the Oxyrhynchite (city). In the 2nd consulship of our master Flavius Anthemius, the eternal Augustus, from Aurelius Paulos […] Flavius Arion […]