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The surviving end of a petition from the Arsinoite nome, late 1st century AD, reporting an attack by a band of 25 men who stole garments and left a man named Petesouchos in danger of his life. The petitioners say they have given a copy to the soldier Julius and ask that the accused be brought before the official.
The beginning of the petition is lost, so the petitioners and the addressee are unknown. The phrase before 'we are suffering' is garbled in the text and its rendering is approximate.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conclusion to 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.
[… ? lines lost …] οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ αὐτῶν ἐν συνώδῳ ἄνδρες κε ἀνεύρετοι ἐγένοντο, καὶ ἀφήρπακαν ἡμῶν ἱμάτια ἄξια δραχμῶν β… … ὁ Πετεσοῦχος κινδυνεύει, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ παρόντι ἐπιδεδώκαμεν τῷ Ἰουλίωι στρατιώτῃ τὸ ἴσον τοῦδε τοῦ ὑπομνήματος. διὸ ἀξιῶμεν ἀχθῆναι τοὺς ἐνκαλουμένους ἐπὶ σὲ πρὸ…
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