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Petition to the prefect of Egypt, Marcus Petronius Mamertinus, from Sarapion son of Dionysios of Oxyrhynchus. He complains that neighbours seized 4 arouras near the village of Seryphis owned by him and his orphaned nephew while he was abroad, and that earlier reports to the strategoi had not resolved the matter. The rest of the text is lost.
The date range follows the prefecture of Petronius Mamertinus. The word translated 'reports' (anaphoria) denotes formal written submissions to officials.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petizione al prefetto). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μάρκωι Πετρωνίωνι Μαμερτείνωι ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Σαραπίωνος Διονυσίου ἀπὸ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. ὑπάρχουσί μοι καὶ ἀδελφιδῷ μου Διονυσίωι ἄρουραι τέσσαρες περὶ κώμην Σερύφιν τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ, ὧν ἐξέβαλόν με οἱ ἐν γειτνίᾳ μου ὄντες ἐμοῦ μὲν ἐπὶ ξένης ὄντος πολλῷ χρόνῳ, τοῦ δὲ ἀδελφιδο…
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