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Petition of a widow beaten by her brother and his wife TM 21706Hermopolites
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A petition from the widow Aurelia Thaesis of a village in the Hermopolite nome to Aurelius Diokles, praepositus of the 12th pagus, complaining that her brother and his wife beat her senseless and tore her clothes. A veteran, Flavius Ammonios, wrote it for her since she was illiterate. It is dated by the consuls Sergius and Nigrinianus (AD 350).
In English machine translation
To Aurelius Diokles […], praepositus of the 12th pagus of the Hermopolite nome,
from Aurelia Thaesis daughter of Pathermouthis, from the village of Penne[…] of the pagus under you. My full brother […]ssos lives with me, and although there was no dispute between us, he attacked me without cause together with his wife Rhia, and throwing me to the ground they beat me with many blows, with fists and kicks, all over my body, so that the swellings are visible even on my face, leaving me half dead; and on top of that they tore the clothing I was wearing. Therefore, being unable to keep quiet, a weak woman and a widow, I submit to your clemency this my petition, testifying to this much and asking to obtain justice from you. Farewell.
In the consulship of Sergius and Nigrinianus, the most illustrious, Pharmouthi 12.
I, Aurelia Thaesis daughter of Pathermouthis, have submitted it. I, Flavius Ammonios, veteran, having been asked, wrote on her behalf because she does not know letters.
The praepositus pagi was the official in charge of a rural district (pagus) in 4th-century Egypt. The brother's name is only partly preserved.
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 Praepositus). 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.amh.2.141
Αὐρηλίῳ Διοκλεῖ[…] πραιποσίτῳιβ πάγου νομοῦ Ἑρμοπολείτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Θαήσιος Παθερμουθίου ἀπὸ κώμης Πεννη[…]τοῦ ὑπὸ σὲ πάγου. ὁ ὁμογνήσιός μου ἀδελφὸς[…]σσος συνοικεῖ μοι καὶ μηδεμιᾶςἀμφισβητήσεως οὔσης πρὸς ἀλλήλουςἐκ τυχόντων ἐπῆλθέν μοι μετὰ τῆς συμβίου αὐτοῦ Ῥίας, καὶ κατεν…