Petition about an assault during a village religious procession TM 25872unbekannt2. Hälfte I

Fragment of a petition in which the complainant reports that a man snatched and smashed the libation during a religious procession and tore the garment he wore as a ritual officiant. He asks the official to have the village authority bring the accused before him for legal action. Second half of the 1st century AD.

In English machine translation

The 'ptelaphoros' (elm-bearer) appears to be a ritual function in the procession (komasia); the term has no exact English equivalent. The word taxis here likely refers to the petitioner's ritual post or role.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de plainte). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.