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Draft petition of Ammon concerning his brother Harpokration's slaves claimed by Eugeneios TM 23643Alexandria bzw. Panopolis348 CE

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Fragment of a draft petition by Ammon, a lawyer of Panopolis, concerning slaves left by his dead brother Harpokration, which had fled to others and were claimed by a certain Eugeneios under an imperial rescript granting him unclaimed slaves. Ammon asserts his right as full brother and heir; it dates to December 348, in connection with Alexandria and Panopolis.

In English machine translation

These slaves […] of that Konon, with whom the […] were […] […] they left the wife of that man when she had departed, and having broken loose […] they all fled for refuge to these people. These same people received them and as if […] immediately of these […] […] a certain Eugeneios […] claims to have obtained (them) by petition from the divinity of our masters, and he received a rescript reading as follows: "If no one lays claim to them and no one appears asserting ownership of them, let them be handed over to him by the katholikos." But when this man came to Alexandria and learned that that Harpokration had as heir a brother by the same father and the same mother, namely me, Ammon, an investigation of the matter having taken place […] […] […]. And concerning this a letter was also sent to the procurator of the Thebaid by my lord Sisinnios through Eugeneios himself, so that […] […]

The katholikos was the chief financial official of Egypt, here Flavius Sisinnios. The name Harpokration and much of the final lines are editorial restorations.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eugeneios in Alexandria). 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. 217 R · 348 CE
Draft of a petition to the katholikos [348]

Draft of a petition from Panopolis (modern name: Ahkmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Draft written by Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer, to Flavius Sisinnius, katholikos, a high official in Alexandria. Drawn up between Dec. 9 and Dec. 13, 348 in Alexandria. Ammon clai…

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Draft of a petition [348?]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 217 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. Ammon protests against abuse by an official, possibly Eugeneios, an imperial secretary. Papyrus belongs to the archive of Ammon. Recto has…

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p.ammon.2.36

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

οὗτοι οἱ δοῦλοι […]…αντος ἐκείνου τοῦ Κόμωνος, παρʼ ὧι ἦσαν οἱ π…ε…εν… αρ[…] […] ἀπέστησαν τῆς ἐκείνου γυναικὸς ἀπελθοῦσης καὶ ἀφηνιάσαντες […] πάντες προσέφυγον τούτοις. τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἀποδεξαμένους καὶ ὥσπερ δ…[…] εὐθὺς τούτων παρα … […] τουτο…ς …πι …[…] …θεν Εὐγένειός τις …α…[…]ἐ…