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Two non-joining fragments of a petition, written by Dioskoros, apparently addressed to the empress Theodora as patroness of the village of Aphrodito, around AD 547. It complains about the pagarch Julian, called a wicked tyrant, and preserves the names of several villagers, probably the petitioners.
A spatharios was an imperial guardsman or court official; the word survives alone on the second fragment. The papyrus is badly rubbed, so much of the text is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deux fragments d’une requête). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Two fragments of a request to the empress Theodora (cf. 67283). Line 6 indicates that it concerns a request to the empress, who is patroness of the village of Aphrodito. Written by Dioscoros. The two fragments do not join. Very bad state of conservation; the writing is largely …
[Fr2] […]παγαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας[…] […] δεσποίνης καὶ πάσης […] […]τῆς πανταθλίας ἡμῶν κώμης[…] […]Ἰουλιανοῦ ὅλον τὸ ς[…] […]τοῦ πονηροῦ τυράννου Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ προρηθέντος[…] Ἡρακλέως Ἰωάννης Κόλλουθος Ψᾶν Φοιβάμμων καὶ Ἀβραάμις [Fr1] σπαθάριος
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