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Petition concerning violence and earlier proceedings before the strategos Origenes TM 21680Hermopolis

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Fragmentary petition from Hermopolis in which the petitioner complains of being forced by violence by certain persons, apparently village elders, concerning land and a guardianship arrangement. It quotes a copy of earlier proceedings before Origenes, strategos of the nome, dated Year 4, Tybi 2, in which the offenders were rebuked, and asks for further action since they persist.

In English machine translation

[Column 1] […] lord […] […] arouras […] […] to many […] […] and […] […] […] […] in the same manner […] […] they compelled me by force […] […] neither father nor brother, concerning which […] […] having taken place, of me and of the […] […] of Origenes, strategos of the nome, and of the […] […] handed over for thirty years (?) […] […] and of the guardianship arrangement […] […] and having rebuked them […] […] copy. Year 4, Tybi 2. When there came forward […] and Melas son of Lysimachos and the […] […] and the other elders […] […] that all those of the village keep away […] […] public. Origenes the strategos: […] wishing to stand together […] […] of greater […] admonition and […] […] with the one to be chosen by me […] and the document which was made […] […] they themselves persist in the same madness […] lest I suffer something, or another […] […] to them, or you will send up […] […] [Column 2] […] […]

The left side of the column is lost throughout, so the connection between phrases is often uncertain. The petition embeds an extract of minutes of a hearing before the strategos.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). 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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