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End of a petition from a man named Aurelius, who reports that his animals were stolen and that public officials inspected the scene with him. He asks that the animals be searched for and returned, as he is poor and lives from them. Dated in the second year of Valerian and Gallienus, in the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The beginning, including the addressee and the account of the theft, is lost. "Public officials" (dēmosioi) were local public servants who witnessed and verified damage or crimes.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition concerning Robbery). 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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