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Letter of a stator to the strategos Apollonios about a mortgage dispute TM 27301Herakleopolites (?)frühes II

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A letter from Primianus, a stator (orderly attached to a Roman official), to Apollonios, strategos of the Herakleopolite nome, asking him to hear promptly a dispute over a mortgage brought by the representative of a certain Sarapion. It dates to the early 2nd century AD and was found at Oxyrhynchus, though it concerns the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[…]ius Primianus, stator, to Apollonios, strategos of the Herakleopolite nome, greeting. I and my colleagues have appealed to you in the praetorium that, if it seems good to you, […]iris, advocate (?) of Sarapion, may be heard against Ap[…], the opposing party, who holds (?) in respect of a mortgage which he wrongly (?) pledged, and that justice be done. I ask that you hear him quickly. Julius Eros: did I not appeal to you in the Daphnon to settle quickly the matter about which he is petitioning? Farewell, lord Apollonios, with all your household. Farewell and continue to prosper. Pauni. … …

A stator was a military orderly serving a Roman official such as the prefect; the praetorium and the Daphnon are places where the strategos was approached in person. The sentence naming Julius Eros is obscure and may be a second appeal added by another sender.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of a Stator to a Strategus). 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.oxy.58.3917

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · frühes II · Herakleopolites (?)

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