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Public physician's report on the injuries of a guard TM 23663Oxyrhynchos22. Febr. 316

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A medical report by Aurelius Sarapion, public physician of Oxyrhynchus, to the logistes Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius. Sent at the request of Valerius Nundinarius, he inspected a guard named Mouis at a farmstead and lists his many head and body wounds, in February 316.

In English machine translation

[column 1] 106 To Valerius Ammonianus also called Gerontius, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Sarapion son of Herodotos, of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, public physician. I was instructed yesterday, which was Mecheir 26, on the basis of a petition submitted to you by Valerius Nundinarius […] to go to his farmstead P…[…] and inspect the condition of the injured […] and […] guard Mouis, and to report to you in writing. Accordingly, having gone to the farmstead, I inspected the said Mouis, who was confined to bed, having on the forehead a gash with the bone laid bare, and on the crown of the head two wounds with the bone laid bare, and below these wounds […] on the right side of the head, and on the left temple […] of swelling, and on the […] of the left ear a swelling with bruising, and on the right shoulder blade and the shoulder a swelling with bruising, and on the right hand, on the thumb, a blow with swelling, and on the arm of the right hand a swelling with bruising, and on the left thigh a wound […] and above the knee a wound, and on the right thigh two wounds end to end, and along the whole left side a wound. Therefore I make this report. Year 10 and 8 of our lords […] Constantine and Licinius Augusti, in the consulship of Caecinius Sabinus and Vettius Rufinus, the most illustrious, Mecheir 27. I, Aurelius Sarapion, have submitted this report as stated above.

The logistes (curator civitatis) was the chief financial and judicial official of the city. The number 106 at the top is a filing number in a series of such reports.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reports to the Logistes). 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 · 22. Febr. 316 · Oxyrhynchos

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