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Draft petition of a legionary soldier to the prefect about mortgages TM 26940Alexandria

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Draft of a petition to the prefect of Egypt by Gaius Julius Agrippinus, a soldier of the Second Legion Traiana Fortis, against Athenais alias Herais of Karanis and others, concerning mortgages and pledges. He had been referred to the archidikastes Hierax and now asks that the woman be summoned to Alexandria, since as a serving soldier there he cannot pursue the case in the countryside.

In English machine translation

From Gaius Julius Agrippinus, soldier of the Second Legion Traiana Fortis, of the century of Publicius Severus and Seren[…], against Athenais also called Herais, from the village of Karanis in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, and Tertia […] of mortgages and pledges and other […] Drusilla. ⟦My lord prefect⟧ I petitioned you, my lord prefect, by a petition in the present year on Phaophi 4, and you subscribed to me as follows: "Apply to Hierax the archidikastes." Since therefore I applied to Hierax, asking that Athenais also called Herais be summoned […] because Drusilla […] to me […] petition (?) […] not able […] […] and I ask, if it seems good to you, to write ⟦to entrust to the archidikastes⟧ […] the hearing (?) […] that is, Athenais also called Herais, so that through your care I may obtain justice. For indeed in this matter Julianus, the former dioiketes, […] declared: "How can the matter be sent back to the local district when this man is serving as a soldier here?" So that I may be benefited. […] Farewell. […] to the camp prefect (?) […] […]

The deletions and corrections suggest this is a draft. The archidikastes was the Alexandrian official responsible for registering contracts and handling related disputes.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Entwurf (?) einer Eingabe an den Präfekten). 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 · Alexandria

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