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Drafts of a petition by Ammon concerning his brother's slaves TM 23646Alexandria (?) bzw. Panopolis348 CE

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Fragmentary drafts of a petition written by the lawyer Ammon of Panopolis in December 348, concerning slaves left by his dead brother Harpokration in Alexandria. Surviving phrases mention the slaves, Ammon's arrival, an appeal to God as judge, and a written agreement preserved word for word.

In English machine translation

[part a] [fragment a] […] two days ago here […] […] and of me […] […] […] [fragment b] […] […] is […] over (?) […] […] of Alexandria, having immediately come to […] […] and from these slaves […] […] before my arrival here and […] […] he did not take care […] according to […] […] agreed (?) […] […] of a slave […] […] of my […] […] [fragment c] […] […] it […] […] of these slaves […] […] he who [sees] all things will be our judge […] […] are brought (?) […] […] […] […] God will be our judge […] […] this man and so great […] […] for himself justly […] […] hand over (?) […] and I beg of the […] […] and to me the same […] and […] [part b] [fragment d] […] […] […] […] and yet it appears [that] not […] […] […] […] deposit (?) […] […] […] of the […] […] […] […] […] and through […] […] […] and […] a written document of agreement […] this, that from the first word to the last […] appears […] preserved in it.

These are drafts on the back of another document in Ammon's archive; the dispute involved the imperial secretary Eugeneios, with whom Ammon reached a settlement. The place of writing 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 Konzepte auf dem Verso von 40). 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 [348]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 186 R · 348 CE

Draft of a petition from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer. Concerns three slaves left by Ammon's deceased brother Harpokration in Alexandria. The three slaves have been claimed by Eugeneios, an im…

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Draft of a petition [348?]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 186 V · 348 CE

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 another draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 186 R)

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p.ammon.1.18

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

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p.ammon.2.49

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

[part a] [fragment a] […] πρὸ δύο ἡμερῶν τῆιδε […] […]ντος καὶ ἐμοῦ περιαν[…] […] … […] [… ? lines lost …] [fragment b] [… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…[…]…[…] […]νον ἐστιν οπ…[…]…[…] ὑπερ[…] […] Ἀλεξανδρείας εὐθέως γενομένωι παρ[…] […] ἐκ τούτων δὲ τῶν οἰκετῶν ἀπο…[…] […]… πρὸ τῆς δε…

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Konzepte auf dem Verso von 40

Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · PSI inv. 3794 V + P.Duke inv. 186 V + P.Duke inv. 188 V · 9. - 13. Dez. 348 · Alexandria (?) bzw. Panopolis