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Letter about court proceedings in Alexandria and estate matters TM 219288Arsinoites (?)II - III (?)

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A fragmentary private letter in which the writer reports on his petitions before a high official, apparently the prefect, in the Lageion and the praetorium at Alexandria, and gives instructions to the recipient about estate business. He tells him to stop acting over the property of a certain Syros but to make him pay, to attend to a farmstead at Herakleia, and complains that the wine at Berkythis yielded 50 jars instead of 300.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] these things, having been petitioned by me in the presence of the pr[…] on the 21st in the Lageion, he allowed me to petition him before the tribunal. As, not being satisfied with the […] petition of the 21st, on the 22nd too I likewise petitioned in the praetorium, again in the presence of the (?) [opponent]. And when he said that he had the archidikastes as judge, he threatened him, saying, "You will be flogged (?)." I hear of the matter as […]. These, then, are the things done by us. And know that our prefect is hearing (the case). Concerning the property of Syros, since you have done nothing until now, do nothing further. As for the other matters, however, do whatever you can, especially concerning the farmstead in Herakleia. Know, however, that if you can, see that Syros is made to pay the price. For one must not pity such people. The wine at Berkythis came to 50 jars instead of 300. See how many errors have been made by you […] this, and may it be that […] […] […] none of our (land) remains unsown […] such […] […] […] having ordered […] on the shore-land.

The Lageion was a hippodrome-like venue in Alexandria; the archidikastes was a senior Alexandrian judicial official. The word rendered "opponent" (prosōstē) and "you will be flogged" are uncertain readings.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter about Court Proceedings and Agricultural Matters). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III (?) · Arsinoites (?)

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