Fragments of a petition concerning confiscated property and priests TM 28297unbekanntMitte II

Two small fragments, apparently from a petition or legal statement of the mid 2nd century AD, concerning property that was handed over, confiscated to the treasury, and claimed by the writers. The text refers to the high priest, to the officials of the Idios Logos and to priests, and mentions illegality and earlier judgments.

In English machine translation

The Idios Logos was the Roman financial department handling confiscations and temple matters; in this period its head often also served as high priest of Alexandria and all Egypt. 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.