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Petition to the riparii about obstruction of rebuilding on house plots TM 22570Nesmimis (Oxyrhynchites)12. Apr. 352

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Petition from Aurelius Sinouthis son of Anoubion of Nesmimis to the two riparii (police officials) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, Flavius Iulianus and Flavius Gerontius. He complains that Praous, Pibekis and their associates prevented him from rebuilding and opening a door on house plots he had bought, and asks that they be summoned to avoid violence. It was written on 12 April 352.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 5th time and Constantius the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time, Pharmouthi 17. To Flavius Iulianus and Flavius Gerontius, both riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Sinouthis son of Anoubion, from the village of Nesmimis in the 1st pagus of the same nome. I own house plots in the same village of Nesmimis, which came to me by right of purchase, and I hold the […] ownership under my control. But when I wished to rebuild and to open a door, for what reason I do not know, Praous and Pibekis and their associates stopped me and prevented […] […] Since, therefore, the sellers are present and happen to be here, in order that no fighting may break out in the countryside, for this reason I submit this petition, asking that […] be summoned […] and Pibekis and […] […] hearing (?) […] […] […] [… lines lost …]

The riparii were 4th-century officials responsible for public order and policing in a nome; the term has no exact English equivalent. The end of the petition, with the precise request, is lost.

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 the Riparii). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 12. Apr. 352 · Nesmimis (Oxyrhynchites)

ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ε καὶ Κωνσταντίου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α, Φαρμοῦθι ιζ. Φλαουίοις Ἰουλιανῶι καὶ Γεροντίωι ἀμφοτέροις ῥιπαρίοις Ὀξυρυγχείτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Σινούθιος Ἀνουβίωνος ἀπὸ κώμης Νεσμίμεως α πάγου τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ. κέκτημαι οἰκόπεδ…