Petition of Bishop Dionysios to the strategos about the guardianship of orphans TM 22215Oxyrhynchos

[…] To Flavius Paianios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Dionysios, bishop of the catholic church of the same city […] […] to you […] this […] of mine I submit, but so that […] account may be kept in the […] […] For when the life of […] came to an end, none of those in the city, no citizen, but others […] to you […] […] each […] and how and from whom he wished; but what indeed after the death […] some time […] […] of […] Makrobios, to whom both the guardianship of the children and the property were entrusted in writing […] But since […] I in turn, also from him […] took upon myself also the administration entrusted to him […] […] either to be saved or harmed by hand on account of his […] […] in the first instance, and my supervision about to be lost […] […] being able to take care of them in the first instance […] until […] for these reasons to neglect this, which […] more urgent […] […] For this reason I submit these documents to you, lest any harm or embezzlement […] […] orphans […] the blame should fall back on me […] of the law, and you very […] the documents […] capital in your office […] of his children […] […] but being free of blame […] I have made in the shortest time, and the plots of land […] as I have assumed […] if […] I request that […] to Makrobios my brother […] may estimate the risk […] […] looking to, and when there has been loss […] capital either of himself or of those cared for […] occurring in a short time […] true, from then on […] and public […] of my lord the most perfect […] [… lines lost …] [fragment] [… lines lost …] […] […] of the magistrates […] […] is registered […] […] [… lines lost …]