Instruction of the protostatai forwarding a petition about an injured ox TM 22236Oxyrhynchos19. Mai 296

The board of protostatai of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, through the Aurelii Heron and Ploutarchos, administering for the month, to Hermeias, assistant. A copy of the petition submitted by the woman registered below is sent to you, so that you may act in accordance with what she has requested. Year 12 and year 11 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and year 4 of our lords Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, Pachon 26. I have signed. In the consulship of our lords Diocletian Augustus for the 6th time and Constantius most illustrious Caesar for the 2nd time. To the board of protostatai of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, through the Aurelii Ploutarchos and Heron, administering for the month, both former gymnasiarchs and councillors of the same city, from Aurelia Apollonia also called Dieus, daughter of Saras, former magistrate of the most glorious city of the Alexandrians and of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, and however he was styled. Since the rota now again calls upon the only pair of oxen I have to carry out the work and transport of the loads of stones destined for the construction of the stone starting-gates, it has happened that one of the oxen, struck on the foot, has become lame and is in a dangerous state. Therefore, so that this may be known, I submit this petition for the sake of my security, asking that an assistant be sent to inspect it and to report in writing on its condition, so that I may be left undisturbed. Year 12 of Imperator Caesar Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus and year 11 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, Germanici maximi, Sarmatici maximi, and year 4 of our lords Constantius and Maximianus the most illustrious Caesars Augusti, Pachon 24. I, Aurelia Apollonia, have submitted it.