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Fragmentary petition addressed to the prefect Valerius Victorinus by a resident of Oxyrhynchus, concerning property inherited from his parents and a dispute with purchasers, in which the petitioner says he was shut up, apparently in the public prison. It dates to AD 308.
The consular date names Maximianus Augustus for the seventh time. Valerius Victorinus may be a regional official rather than the prefect of Egypt, as the title is only partly preserved; 'scriba' is a Latin loanword for a clerk.
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.
ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν αὐτοκρατόρων […] Μαξιμιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ἕβδομον πρὸ τεσσάρων […] Οὐαλερίῳ Οὐικτωρίνῳ τῷ διασημοτάτῳ ἐπάρχῳ[…] Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως. ὁ κύριός μου διασημότατος κ[…] βιας δ…μων τῶν στρατηγῶν καὶ τοῦ σκρείβα ἀνακόπτειν μάλιστα[…] εἰς ἐμὲ ἀπὸ κληρονομίας τῶν γ…
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