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Certified copy of a petition of Aurelia Selene to the acting iuridicus TM 15972Oxyrhynchosca. 21. Sept. 217

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Fragmentary copy, taken from a roll of petitions posted publicly at Alexandria, of a petition by Aurelia Selene of the Oxyrhynchite nome to Herakleides, dioiketes and acting iuridicus. It mentions a man named Agrippa and Roman customs and ends with an oath by the fortune of the emperor Macrinus; it dates to about 21 September 217.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] […] at Alexandria, to the iuridicus, concerning a visit (?) […] […] [Year 2 of Imperator Caesar] Marcus Opellius Severus [Macrinus Pius Felix Augustus], Thoth 24. From a roll of petitions submitted […] to Herakleides, vir egregius, acting [also as iuridicus], and posted in the [Sebaste agora] […] the following. It is as follows: […] To Herakleides, vir egregius, dioiketes, acting [also as iuridicus], from Aurelia Selene […] of the Oxyrhynchite nome […] of […]inius Agrippa, former […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment B] [… lines lost …] […] to go down […] me […] necessary (?) […] the going down (?) […] having no right of recourse […] Agrippa, former […] agreed […] by you. Farewell. […] according to the customs of the Romans […] by M[…]inius [Agrippa] […] [and] I swear by the fortune of [Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Caesar the lord] […]

The iuridicus (dikaiodotes) was a Roman judicial official at Alexandria; here the dioiketes Herakleides was standing in for him. Copies 'from a roll of petitions' were extracts made from officially posted petitions with their answers.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certified Copy of a Petition?). 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.43.3093

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 21. Sept. 217 · Oxyrhynchos

[FrA] […]Ἀλεξανδρίᾳ τῷ δικαιοδότῃ περὶ ἐπιδημίας[…] […]ἔτους β Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Ὀπελλίου Σεουήρου Μακρίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ, Θὼθ κδ. ἐκ τεύχους βιβλιδίων ἐπιδοθέντων […]Ἡρακλίδῃ τῷ κρατίστῳ διαδεχομένῳ καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν δικαιοδοσίαν καὶ προτεθέντων ἐν τῇ Σεβασ…