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Request for summons of two men to the prefect's court over an inheritance TM 22239Oxyrhynchos104 - 105

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A request from Sambous of Oxyrhynchus, acting with her guardian, to the strategos Apion, asking that two men be served a written summons to appear before the prefect Vibius Maximus. She claims a share of her cousin's property worth 10 talents, held by them by force, and a 1-talent legacy owed to her late mother under her grandfather's will. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 104-105.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Apion, strategos, from Sambous daughter of Amois, with her guardian Saras son of Pesouris, from the city of Oxyrhynchus. Concerning my claims against Apion son of Demetrios and Dionysios son of Dionysios, his mother being Demetria, from the same city, regarding the property of my cousin Demetrios also called Diogenes, which they are holding by force, worth 10 talents, of which a share falls to me by right of the deposited public will of my grandfather Demetrios son of Dionysios; and further against the other of them, Apion, concerning the 1 talent of silver which he owes to my late mother Arsinoe under the will of the same grandfather of mine; all these matters requiring the judgment of the most excellent prefect Vibius Maximus, I ask you to order one of your attendants (?) to deliver a copy of this to each of them, so that, having a written summons, they may appear wherever the nome holds its assize or court, and wait at the tribunal of the same prefect until my claims against them are settled. For I hold fast to the rights that belong to me. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, Sebaste 4. [verso] Summons (diastolikon) of Sambous

Sebaste was an honorific day named for the emperor, here the 4th of an unnamed month. A diastolikon was a document asking the strategos to serve a summons on the opposing parties before the prefect's assize.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Summons to appear in Court). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.oxy.38.2852

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 104 - 105 · Oxyrhynchos

[r] Ἀπίωνι στρατηγῷ παρὰ Σαμβοῦτος τῆς Ἀμόιτος μετὰ κυρίου Σαρᾶτος Πεσούριος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. τῶν ἐνεστώτων μοι πρὸς Ἀπίωνα Δημητρίου καὶ Διονύσιν Διονυσίου μητρὸς Δημητρίας ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, περὶ ὧν βιαίως ἐπικρατοῦσι τοῦ ἀνεψιοῦ μου Δημητρίου τοῦ καὶ Διογένους ὑπαρχόντ…