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Report of public physicians on the injuries of a slave TM 22133Oxyrhynchos7. Nov. 354

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A report by the four public physicians of Oxyrhynchus to the logistes Flavius Sarmates, made on his instructions after a petition by Flavius Martyrios, an official of the imperial treasury, about the condition of his slave Aeus. The doctors examined the slave in the house of the tribune Annianus and began describing an injury on his left side before the text breaks off. It is dated 7 November 354.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 7th time and Constantius the most illustrious Caesar for the 3rd time, Hathyr 11. To Flavius Sarmates, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Eulogios and Anoubion and Didymos and Herodotos, the four public physicians of the same city. We were instructed by your clemency, on the basis of a petition submitted by Flavius Martyrios, palatinus, to inspect the condition of his slave, a certain Aeus, and to report in writing. Accordingly we inspected him in the city [...] in the house of Annianus the tribune, [...] having on the left [...] a division [...] [...]

A palatinus was an official of the imperial financial administration. The logistes (curator civitatis) was the chief magistrate of the city, who ordered such medical inspections, usually in connection with assault complaints.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of Public Doctors). 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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p.oxy.63.4370

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 7. Nov. 354 · Oxyrhynchos

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