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Report by two embalmers of Oxyrhynchus, both named Thonis, to the strategos Phokion. Ordered through his assistant Herakleios to inspect the corpse of Apis son of Pausis, they begin to report on its condition before the text breaks off. Written at Oxyrhynchus around AD 159-161.
Such reports were made at an official's request, usually where a death might involve violence or legal dispute. The actual findings are lost with the end of the papyrus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of Mummifiers). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Φωκίωνι στρατηγῷ παρὰ Θώνιος Φλώρου μητρὸς Πτολέμας ὡς ἐτῶν λε οὐλὴ καρπῷ ἀριστερῷ καὶ Θώνιος Πεταῦτος μητρὸς Ταουῆτος ὡς ἐτῶν ξβ ἀσήμου ἀμφοτέρων ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως ἐνταφιαστῶν. τῇ ἐνεστώσῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπετράπημεν ὑπὸ σοῦ διὰ Ἡρακλείου ὑπηρέτου ἐπιδεῖν σῶμα νεκρὸν Ἄπιος Παύσιος ἀπὸ …
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