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Public physician's report on injuries of Aurelius Heras TM 20080Herakleopolis311 (?)

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A medical report by Aurelius Agathos, public physician of Herakleopolis, to the logistes Valerius Ploution, describing bruises and swellings on the arm, shoulder and thigh of Aurelius Heras, a former magistrate who had petitioned about an assault, and the damage to his torn clothing. It probably dates to AD 311.

In English machine translation

9 […] to Valerius Ploution, logistes of the Herakleopolite nome, with Ammonios […] in attendance, [from] Aurelius Agathos son of Kollouthos, public [physician from the city] of Herakles. I was instructed […] […] from petitions submitted [to you by] Aurelius Heras son of Silvanus, former magistrate of the same city, […] of the petitions […] and you ordered […] to him the petitions, both to examine him and to report [in writing]. I report that I have inspected […] his […] shown […] on the right arm […] on the same shoulder a bruise […] of reddened swelling and […] swelling with bruising […] bruise […] of the right […] swelling and below […] and on the right thigh a bruise […] […] I report that I have inspected what was shown […] cloaks (?) torn […] twelve and a woollen tunic […] torn through the middle […] [Therefore] we report so that you may know. [In the consulship] of our lord Maximinus [for the 2nd time …] 10 (?). Aurelius Agathos, public physician.

Public physicians examined victims of violence on an official's order and filed a sworn written report (prosphonesis). The year rests on the restored consulship of Maximinus for the second time.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 311 (?) · Herakleopolis

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