Petition of Aurelia Dieus to the syndic about encroachment on her land TM 15285Oxyrhynchos25. Febr. - 26. März 334

Fragmentary petition from Aurelia Dieus, daughter of Aysis, of an Oxyrhynchite village, to Flavius Iulianus, syndic of the Oxyrhynchite nome. She complains that a man of the same village, apparently named Dion[…], coveted her small plots of land, and the text mentions the chief of the eirenarchs (police officials) and the prefect's court. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in the month Phamenoth of AD 334.

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The syndic (syndikos) was a municipal legal officer who in the 4th century heard minor complaints. The eirenarchs were village or nome officials responsible for keeping the peace.

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 Syndic). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.