Fragmentary petition from Oxyrhynchus addressed to the prefect of Egypt, Titus Magnius Felix Crescentillianus, by the councillor Aurelius Apollonios also called Sarapodoros. He writes as guardian of an estate belonging to a minor of the Aurelii family in the Oxyrhynchite nome, which paid over 20 talents in money taxes, and apparently complains of violence and seizure of property.
In English machine translation
[Fragment 1]
To Titus Magnius Felix Crescentillianus […]
from Aurelius Apollonios also called Sarapodoros, councillor […]
I happen to be guardian, most illustrious prefect, of the estate of the Aurelii […] who is a minor, situated in the Oxyrhynchite nome, which pays (?) […]
[…] and in money taxes more than 20 talents […]
[…] and to the civic account of the most illustrious (?) […]
[…]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
[Fragment 2]
[… lines lost …]
[…] against (?) […]
[…] by force of hands […]
[…] each of the belongings (?) of Andromach[os (?)] […]
[…] has made and […]
Titus Magnius Felix Crescentillianus was prefect of Egypt in the mid-3rd century AD (about AD 253-256), which suggests the approximate date. The name Andromachos in fragment 2 is an uncertain reading.
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 Prefect). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.