Prefect's letter to the strategos about the estate of Hermophilos TM 19331Hermopolis2. Juli 108

A letter from the prefect of Egypt, Sulpicius Similis, to Herakleides, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, forwarding a petition from Xenon the younger, son of Xenon, about the estate of his dead brother Hermophilos. The prefect orders the property to be kept safe and says that anyone who objects may present his case before him. It is dated 2 July AD 108 at Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

Servius Sulpicius Similis was prefect of Egypt under Trajan. The word translated 'petition' (anaphorion) is a written report or petition submitted to an official.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Erlaß des Statthalters Sulpicius Similis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.