Petition to the ekdikos about a nighttime break-in with an axe TM 22563Oxyrhynchos9. Sept. 330

A petition from Aurelius […], son of Theodoros, of Oxyrhynchus, to Claudius Hermias, the ekdikos (public advocate) of the Oxyrhynchite nome. He complains that during the night a man from the same city broke open his outer door with an axe; the rest of the incident, involving his wife and a certain Paulos, is only partly preserved. It is dated 9 September AD 330.

In English machine translation

The ekdikos (defensor civitatis) was a local official charged with protecting citizens and hearing minor complaints. The left side of the papyrus is lost, so the course of events after the break-in is uncertain.

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