Petition
A petition of Paulus to Sarmates and Diogenes, known as riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome for A.D. 365.
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Petition of Aurelius Paulus to the riparii Sarmates and Diogenes TM 18482OxyrhynchitesAfter 365 CE
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Fragmentary petition from Aurelius Paulus, from a pagus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Sarmates and Diogenes, the riparii (police officials) of the nome. Only the heading survives with a mention of his father; the substance of the complaint is lost. It is dated by the year after the consulship of Valentinian and Valens, probably AD 366.
In English machine translation
[recto]
In the year after the consulship of our masters Valentinian and Valens, eternal Augusti, […]
To Aurelius Sarmates and Aurelius Diogenes, riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
from Aurelius Paulus son of Par[…], from […]
[…] pagus of the same nome […]
[…] of my aforementioned father […]
[…] …essios […]
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[verso]
Petition of Paulus son of Par…
Riparii were local police officials of the 4th century responsible for public order in a nome. The post-consular dating formula points to 366, though the year is not certain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.leid.inst.1.61
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