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Draft of Ammon's petition concerning his dead brother's slaves TM 23636Alexandria bzw. Panopolis348 CE

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Fragment of a draft petition written by Ammon, a scholastikos (lawyer) of Panopolis, concerning the slaves left by his dead brother Harpokration. It reports that a rival claimant had obtained an imperial rescript granting him the slaves if no other owner came forward, and describes his hurried journey. The draft dates to December 348 and concerns events in Alexandria.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] having died, [that he had obtained on petition] from the [divinity of] our triumphant [lords] and had received a rescript reading as follows: "[If no one] lays claim [to these] and no one appears as claimant [...] the ownership of these, [let them be handed over] to him." ⟦of the investigation of the [...]⟧ Knowing this there in A[lexandria], he was all the more eager for the journey. He was hastening (?), but [before his arrival here] the investigation of the matter [...]

This is one of several drafts in Ammon's archive, written in the margins and on the back of a longer petition to the katholikos; the rival claimant was the imperial secretary Eugeneios. The word read as "he was hastening" is uncertain in the edition.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Konzept Ammons unter Komons Namen an den Rändern und auf dem Verso von 29). 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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Draft of a petition to the katholikos [348]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 187 R · 348 CE
Draft of a petition to the katholikos [348]

Draft of a petition from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Petition is written by Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer, to Flavius Sisinnius katholikos, a high official in Alexandria. Petition was drawn up between December 9 and 13, 348 in Alexa…

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Draft of a petition [348?]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 187 V · 348 CE
Draft of a petition [348?]

Draft of a petition from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer. Part of the archive of Ammon. Recto has a draft of a petition to the katholikos P.Duk.inv. 187 R)

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p.ammon.1.8

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 9. - 13. Dez. 348 · Alexandria bzw. Panopolis

[… ? lines lost …] τελευτήσαντος ἐξ αἰτήσεως ἐσχηκέναι παρὰ τῆς θειότητος τῶν καλλινίκων δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν καὶ τετυχηκέναι ἀντιγραφῆς οὕτως ἐχούσης· εἰ μή τις τούτων ἀντιποιοῖτο μηδὲ ἐκδικῶν φανείη τις … …οντος του… τὴν τούτων δεσποτείαν, παραδοθῆναι αὐτῶι. ταῦτα ἐκεῖ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι…