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Public physician's report on wounds of beaten shepherds at Tokoeis TM 17617Herakleopolites347

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A medical inspection report by a public physician, sent at the order of officials after Aurelius Heraklammon, a former town councillor, petitioned that his shepherds had been beaten. The physician went to the village of Tokoeis and lists the head wounds he found on the shepherds, including Herammon, Pekysis and Leon. It dates to AD 347 in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] […] [public] physician of the same city, having been instructed by your diligence, on the basis of a petition submitted to you by Aurelius Heraklammon son of Hermaiskos, former councillor of the same city, who alleges that his shepherds suffered outrage through blows, to inspect the condition of those named in his petition and to report in writing, I report: having come together with the same assistant […] of the village of Tokoeis, I have inspected […] shown to me and […] behind the head a wound, [and on] the crown likewise a wound, likewise on the head another wound, [and on] the left […] a wound […] a wound […] Herammon, on the right side of the head a wound, and Pekysis having on the head a wound, Leon likewise […] on the right side of the head a wound. Therefore I report this so that you may know. […] [In the consulship of Vulcacius Ru]finus and Flavius Eusebius, count, [the most illustrious].

The 'public physician' (demosios iatros) was a city-appointed doctor whose sworn reports served as evidence in assault cases. The opening lines naming the physician and the addressed officials are lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ἔκθεσις αὐτοψίας δημοσίου ἰατροῦ). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 347 · Herakleopolites

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