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Public physician's report on the injuries of Phibis TM 23664Oxyrhynchos1. Jan. - 22. Febr. 316

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A report by Aurelius Dioskoros, public physician of Oxyrhynchus, to the logistes Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius. Instructed after a petition by Aurelius Horos, he visited the hamlet of Hemiobelites near Senekeleu and found Horos' brother Phibis bedridden with wounds to the head, left shoulder and arm, apparently from an assault involving the ex-beneficiarius Aurelius Theon. Written early in AD 316.

In English machine translation

[column 2] 107 To Valerius Ammonianus also called Gerontius, [logistes] of the Oxyrhynchite nome, councillor of the illustrious and [most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites] […] from Aurelius Dioskoros son of Heron, from the same city, public physician. I was instructed by you, on the basis of a petition submitted to you by Aurelius Horos son of Horos, residing in the hamlet of Hemiobelites near the village of Senekeleu, (in the matter) of Aurelius Theon, ex-beneficiarius, to examine his brother Phibis named in the petition and to report in writing whatever condition I found him in. Accordingly, having gone to the said hamlet called Hemiobelites, I examined Phibis, bedridden, with a wound in the middle of his head and on the left shoulder blade and the shoulder […] and on the arm and […] of the right […] [wherefore] I report. […] […] (In the consulship of) Caecinius [Sabinus and Vettius Rufinus] the [most illustrious], […] I, Aure[lius Dioskoros, have submitted this report] as stated above.

The number 107 at the top is the sheet's position in a roll of such reports. The logistes was the chief financial and judicial officer of the city; the report gives medical evidence in support of a complaint, probably against Aurelius Theon.

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 · 1. Jan. - 22. Febr. 316 · Oxyrhynchos

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