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The closing part of a petition addressed to the dux Augustalis, the highest military and civil governor of the Thebaid region. The petitioners, whose names and complaint are lost, beg him by the Trinity and the emperor's safety not to ignore their suffering, comparing their wait for his mercy to the souls in Hades awaiting Christ. It dates to AD 566-573 and comes from Antinoopolis.
"Stratelates" renders the Latin title magister militum, and "dux Augustalis" is the title of the governor of the Thebaid in this period. The comparison with Christ's descent into Hades is a rhetorical flourish typical of late Byzantine petitions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to the Dux). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…ων ἐνορκοῦντες τὴν εὔκλειαν ὑμῶν κατὰ τῆς ἀχράντου Τριάδος καὶ τῆς ὑμῶν σωτηρίας καὶ τοῦ ἀνικήτου ἡμῶν καὶ κρατίστου βασιλέως μὴ παρορᾶν ἡμᾶς θλιβομένους καὶ καταπονουμένους ἐν οἵῳ δήποτε πράγματι. πρὸς ὑμᾶς γὰρ τὴν ὁρμὴν ἡμῶν πεποιήκαμεν ἐκδεχόμενοι τὸ ὑμέ…
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