Fragmentary petition to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome, from a man named Psene[…] of the nome capital. He seems to complain about an assault involving his brother, apparently committed the day before by someone from the same city, perhaps with a stick.
In English machine translation
[Fragment A]
To Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome,
from Psene[…], son of […]eus, of […] from the metropolis […]
[…] against my brother […]
[…] yesterday […]
[…] from the same city […]
[…] leaping (?) […] shameful (?) […]
had with a stick (?) […]
[…] according to the […]
and always […]
[…]
hope […] struggle (?) […]
and […]
of someone […]
[…]
administration (?) […]
[…] so great […]
[Fragment B]
[…]
[…] him […]
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[Fragment C]
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[Fragment D]
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Apollonios is the well-known strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome under Trajan and Hadrian (early 2nd century AD). The details of the incident are uncertain because of the many gaps.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.