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Public physician's report on the wounds of Aurelius Isidoros TM 15233Oxyrhynchos4. Mai 307

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A report by Aurelius Heron, public physician of Oxyrhynchus, to the logistes Aurelius Seuthes also called Horion, on his medical examination of Aurelius Isidoros, a high-ranking ducenarius who had petitioned about injuries. The physician records a wound on the left side of the body before the text breaks off; it is dated 4 May 307.

In English machine translation

[…] In the consulship of our lords Imperator Severus Augustus and Maximinus the most noble Caesar. To Aurelius Seuthes also called Horion, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, through Aurelius Anthestios, exegetes, deputy, from Aurelius Heron son of Heron also called Dionysios, from the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, public physician. I was instructed by you on the present day, which is Pachon 9, in consequence of a petition submitted to you by Aurelius Isidoros, vir egregius, ducenarius, to examine his condition and report to you in writing. Accordingly I examined the aforementioned Isidoros and found him having on the left buttock (?) a wound and […] and on the […] […]

The word rendered 'buttock' (ithon, for ischion?) is unusual and its meaning uncertain. The logistes was the chief civic financial and administrative official of the city; 'kratistos ducenarius' marks equestrian rank.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Doctor’s Report). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.oxy.54.3729

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 4. Mai 307 · Oxyrhynchos

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