Petition [341 AD]
Beginning of a petition addressed to Flavius Dioskoros, a police official
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Beginning of a petition from Aurelia of Seryphis to the overseer of the peace TM 20399Seryphis (Oxyrhynchites)341 CE
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The opening of a petition from Aurelia, daughter of Sarapion, of the village of Seryphis, to Flavius Dioskoros, the police official responsible for keeping the peace in the Oxyrhynchite nome. It is dated 5 April 341; the body of the complaint is lost.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of Antonius Marcellinus and Petronius Probinus, the most illustrious,
Pharmouthi 10.
To Flavius Dioskoros, overseer of the peace of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
from Aurelia Taammonion (?), daughter of Sarapion, from the village of Seryphis in the 3rd pagus of the same nome.
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The 'overseer of the peace' (epoptes eirenes) was a 4th-century police official at nome level. The petitioner's name may be read as Aurelia Taammonion or as Aurelia Taamon, daughter of Ammonios(?) and Sarapion, depending on how the letters are divided.
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.oxy.6.991
ὑπατείας Ἀντωνίου Μαρκελλίνου καὶ Πετρωνίου Προβίνου τῶν λαμπροτάτων Φαρμοῦθι ι. Φλαυίῳ Διοσκόρῳ ἐπόπτῃ εἰρήνης Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Τααμμωνίου Σαραπίωνος ἀπὸ κώμης Σερύφεως γ πάγου τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ … [… ? lines lost …]