Complaint
A petition, addressed to a high official, complaining of the conduct of some person, involving a slave boy.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21555
Petition of Aurelius Hermias concerning a boy and a complaint of disorderly conduct TM 21555TheadelpheiaAbout 368 A.D.
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A fragmentary petition from Theadelphia, about AD 368, submitted by Aurelius Hermias, asking an official to have a boy (probably a slave) brought forward and kept safe because his fate is uncertain. Hermias threatens to appeal to the prefect Flavius Herakleios about the disorderly conduct of a high-ranking person, and Aurelius Horion signed for him because he was illiterate.
In English machine translation
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signs […]
of the city […] Heraklas […]
of their own […]
… taktikon (?) […]
from which […]
the signs of the […]
of their own of the aforementioned […]
… For this reason, since the fate of the boy is uncertain, I submit to your justice this my petition, asking that he be brought and be in safety. For I shall not hesitate to appeal to the authority of my lord the most illustrious prefect Flavius Herakleios concerning the disorderly conduct of the most admirable […], bringing those whom I have called as witnesses. Farewell.
In the year after the aforementioned consulship, Mecheir 24.
I, Aurelius Hermias, have submitted it. I, Aurelius Horion, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters.
Ataxia, translated 'disorderly conduct', can mean insubordination or misconduct in office. 'Taktikon' may refer to a tactical or military officer, but the context is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Complaint of ἀταξία). 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.oslo.3.128
[… ? lines lost …] σημεῖα το…[…] τῆς πόλεως […]Ἡρακλᾶν προς… […] τῶν ἰδίων[…] …τακτικὸν…[…] ἀφʼ ὧν ον απο…[…] τὰ σημεῖα τῶν φ…[…]…[…] αὐτῶν ἰδίων τοῦ προκειμένου μ[…] …ου. διὰ τοῦτο, ἀδήλου οὔσης τῆς περὶ τὸν παῖδα τύχης, ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ σῇ δικαιοσύνῃ τάδε μου τὰ βιβλία, ἀξιῶν τοῦτο…