Petition (?)
This papyrus may be a petition.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27740
Fragment of a petition (?) mentioning guarantors and a sister TM 27740unknownSecond century CE
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragmentary document, possibly a petition, addressed to Sarap[…], Apion and Taur[…] by someone whose name begins with D. It mentions guarantors of identity, a sister, a request and perhaps a demand for payment. It dates to the 2nd century AD; its place of origin is unknown.
In English machine translation
To Sarap[…]
and Apion and Taur[…]
from D…[…] guarantors of identity, just as […]
sister
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] account was. I ask you […]
[…] demand(?) […]
to the sister
[… 6 lines lost …]
[… ? lines lost …]
The word gnosteres refers to persons who vouched for someone's identity, often in official procedures. The identification as a petition is only tentative.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.
p.leid.inst.1.90
Σαραπ[…] καὶ Ἀπίωνι καὶ Ταυρ[…] παρὰ Δ…[…] γνωστῆρες καθὼς αὐτ[…] ἀδελφήν [… 1 line lost …] λόγος ἦν. παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς συν…[…] […] ἀπαιτης…[…] τῇ ἀδελφῇ [… 6 lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …]