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Petition of Aurelius Adelphios to the governor Valerius Victorinianus TM 17722Hermopolis

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A petition from Aurelius Adelphios of Hermopolis to the governor Valerius Victorinianus, complaining that his opponent (perhaps Philopoimen) has fraudulently put forward substitute persons for an upcoming judicial examination. He asks that the governor's office bring the witnesses listed below to court so the hearing is complete.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Valerius Victorinianus, the most eminent governor (hegemon), from Aurelius Adelphios son of Adelphios, of Hermopolis the most splendid city, greetings. […] Philopoimen (?), my lord governor, on the basis of what I reported to your excellency, has acted fraudulently with a view to the examination that is to be held by your devotion, by putting forward substitute persons; since therefore he is plainly making false accusations, and I am presenting the proofs concerning him, while more essential persons have been summoned to the court, I ask that by the care of your office the persons indicated below be brought, so that nothing may be lacking as the examination proceeds. [verso] To Victorinianus, the most eminent governor […]

The opponent's name Philopoimen is a doubtful restoration. The list of persons to be summoned announced in the text does not survive; the hegemon here is a provincial governor, though one record calls the addressee prefect.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bittschrift an den Präfekten). 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 · Hermopolis

[r] Οὐαλερίῳ Οὐικτωρινιανῶι τῶι διασημοτάτωι ἡγεμόνι Αὐρήλιος Ἀδέλφιος Ἀδελφίου ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης χαίρειν. …[…]Φιλοποίμην ?, ἡγεμὸν κύριε, ἐξ ὧν ἀνήνεγκον ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν ἀρετὴν παρελογίσατο πρὸς τὴν ἐσομένην ὑπὸ τῆς σῆς καθοσιώσεως ἐξέτασιν πρόσωπα ὑποβάλλων· ἐπεὶ…