Letter of the strategos of Alexandria forwarding a petition about two stolen camels TM 21531Oxyrhynchos138 - 161

Fragmentary first sheet of an official file: a covering letter from an official, apparently the strategos of Alexandria, forwarding a copy of a petition, followed by the petition itself. The petitioner, son of Sarapion, asks that the strategos of the Mareotic nome be instructed to bring men accused of driving off two camels, named Harendotes and Isidoros, to a hearing on cattle-rustling. It dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).

In English machine translation

Apelasia is the technical term for rustling or driving off livestock. The papyrus was found at Oxyrhynchus though the case concerns Alexandria and the Mareotic nome.

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