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Petition to the iuridicus against wrongful registration in a village TM 26154Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)ca. 87
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A petition from Akousilaos son of Aristodemos, a resident of the Arsinoite metropolis, to the iuridicus Gaius Umbrius. He complains that the official of his city quarter maliciously registered him as belonging to the village of Argeas, though his family had been registered in the metropolis, and asks that the strategos be instructed to investigate. Written around AD 87 at Ptolemais Euergetis.
In English machine translation
To Gaius Umbrius, the most excellent iuridicus,
from Akousilaos son of Aristodemos, of those from the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome. Although I have been registered in the metropolis from my father and grandfather, Onesimos, the amphodarch of my quarter, out of spite registered me in the village of Argeas. For this reason I have taken refuge with you, the helper of all, and I ask, if it seems good to you, that you order a letter to be written to the strategos of the Herakleides division, Julius Isokrates, so that he may examine the matter truthfully and give judgment […]
The iuridicus (Greek dikaiodotes) was a senior Roman judicial official at Alexandria; registration in the metropolis brought privileges such as a reduced poll tax. The amphodarch was the official in charge of a city quarter.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pétition d’un métropolite). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.gen.1.2ed.4
Γαίωι Οὐμβρίωι τῶι κρατίστωι δικαιοδότηι παρὰ Ἀκουσιλάου τοῦ Ἀριστοδήμου τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπόλεως τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ πάππου ἀναγραφομένου μου ἐπὶ τῆς μητροπόλεως, κατʼ ἐπήρειαν ὁ τοῦ τόπου μου ἀμφοδάρχης Ὀνήσιμος ἀνεγράψατό με ἐπὶ κώμης Ἀργεάδος· οὗ χάριν ἐπὶ σὲ…