Petition to the strategos of the Hermopolite nome concerning an assault TM 21605Hermopolites (?)257 - 259 (?)

Fragment of a petition addressed to the strategos of the Hermopolite nome, involving a former gymnasiarch of Hermopolis, Hermes also called Maximus. It mentions instructions from the acting prefect Mussius Aemilianus and complains of someone who attacked and beat the petitioner around Pauni 1. It dates to about AD 257-259.

In English machine translation

Lucius Mussius Aemilianus administered the prefecture of Egypt around AD 257-259, which provides the date. The left side of every line is lost, so the roles of the persons named are uncertain.

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 a Strategos of the Hermopolite Nome (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.