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Petition to the prefect of Egypt Gaius Iulius Postumus from Thaesis daughter of Horos, of the Small Oasis, complaining that she and her elder son Philadelphos were being forcibly carried off into slavery by the son of Seuthes and his brothers, and recalling an earlier appeal to the former prefect Marcus Heius at the assize. The verso preserves the beginning of another petition by Theon son of Ptollion about his underage son.
Gaius Iulius Postumus was prefect of Egypt around AD 45-47, so the petition dates to about that time. 'Dioulogismos' is the prefect's judicial circuit or assize.
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 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.
[r] Γαίωι Ἰουλίωι Ποστόμωι […] παρὰ Θαήσιος τῆς Ὥρου τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Μικρὰς Ὀάσεως. ἀγομένης μου σὺν τῶι πρεσβυτέρῳ μου υἱῶι Φιλαδέλφωι εἰς δουλαγωγίαν ὑπὸ …[…] τοῦ Σεύθου καὶ τῶν τούτου ἀδελφῶν ἐνέτυχον Μάρκωι Εἵωι τῷ ἡγεμονεύσαντι ἐπὶ διαλογισμοῦ τοῦ νομοῦ ……[…] [… 3 lines lost …] …
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