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Draft of a petition by Ammon concerning the slaves of his brother Harpokration TM 23648Alexandria bzw. Panopolis348 CE

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Draft of the end of a petition by Ammon, a lawyer of Panopolis, about the slaves left by his deceased brother Harpokration. Ammon claims he was pressured into a settlement giving half the slaves to Eugenios, asks that the error be corrected in the record, and requests that the slaves be handed over to him as full brother and lawful heir.

In English machine translation

[recto] [fragment A] […] presiding over […] and saying some such unlawful things, he compelled the mutual friends to bring me to a settlement with him, so extremely forced that […] contrary to the laws, that he should have half of the slaves and that I, the lawful heir, (should have) the other half under […] […] […] someone […] to say […] […] for […] [whom] he has sold […] and he himself […] on this […] an agreement for us with […] slaves well to the one in charge of Alexandria […] Eugenios […] the handing over and the […] [production (?)] […] he has made and […] […] [… 5 lines lost …] [recto] [fragment B] […] [unless] […] having died […] [nor did] the master [make any other disposition about the slaves] when he was about to die. [But now, having considered this by myself and] having grasped the error that occurred, [I have reflected, astonished at the] unexpected and ill-considered nature of the affair. [Therefore I now secure myself, asking] and begging your [exactness regarding the laws], O lord, [if indeed I must bear] the deception concerning the slaves, [that at least a correction of the] error be made in the minutes [and that this be added:] […] [verso] [fragment B] the proceedings in Alexandria concerning the slaves […] a lawsuit concerning the slaves […] if hereafter wills [made by him] become known, [it is necessary] that he too comply [with what is shown in the wills and that no] prejudice exist, [if this] […] […] [… 5 lines lost …] [verso] [fragment A] [and (he) having asked that they be] under guard, [and since Eugenios no longer has anything to say against me], [I ask, lord, that] these be handed over to me [and released from this guard], [for] the laws now call [me to ownership of them, being the brother] [of that Har]pokration [by the same father and the same mother, and as the] [contents of the divine rescript] given to Eugenios [stand, observing the sequence of the laws]. […] […] in Alexandria […]

This is a second version of the petition's ending; much of the text is editorial restoration, so details are uncertain. A 'divine rescript' is an imperial ruling.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eine zweite Fassung des Endes der Petition). 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. 229 R · 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. Verso has another draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 229 V). Papyrus belongs to the archive of Ammon

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Draft of a petition [348?]

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Duk.inv. 229 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. Mentions Alexandria. Papyrus belongs to the archive of Ammon. Recto has a draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 229 R)

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p.ammon.2.43

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

[r] [fragment A] […]…[…]υτων προισταμένου καὶ τοιαῦτά τινα λέγων παράνομα τοὺς φίλους τοὺς μεταξὺ κατηνάγκασεν εἰς διάλυσίν με πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀγαγεῖν οὕτω βιαιοτάτην ὥστε […]…[…]…αι παρὰ τοὺς νόμους τῶν ἀνδραπόδων τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτὸν ἔχειν καὶ τὸν κληρονόμον νόμιμον τὸ ἄλλο ἥμισυ ἐμὲ ὑπὸ …