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Request to the strategos for a summons to the prefect's assize TM 20620Nemera (Oxyrhynchites)28. Jan. 138

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Pausiris son of Petsiris, of Seftha and living at Nemera, asks the strategos Apolinarios to serve a copy of his memorandum on Didymos, son of Didymos son of Amois, summoning him to appear before the prefect Avidius Heliodorus at the assize. The dispute concerns an accusation over wheat brought against Pausiris; the document dates to 28 January 138 in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] To Apolinarios, strategos, from Pausiris son of Petsiris, from the village of Seftha, residing at Nemera. Since Didymos son of Amois has served notice on me that I lay in wait for (?) his son Didymos concerning wheat, I request that a copy of this memorandum be delivered to the son himself, Didymos, so that, having a written summons, he may appear wherever his excellency the prefect Avidius Heliodorus may, for good fortune, hold the assize of the nome or administer justice, and remain in attendance until judgement, so that what happened may be made clear. Year 22 of Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus, Mecheir 3. I, Pausiris son of Petsiris, have submitted this.

The sense of 'enedreusanti' (literally 'having lain in wait for', perhaps 'having defrauded') is uncertain here. The prefect's 'dialogismos' is the annual assize tour at which he heard cases in the nomes.

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 Strategus). 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 · 28. Jan. 138 · Nemera (Oxyrhynchites)

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