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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28566
Fragment of a complaint about robbery of property TM 28566Oxyrhynchos (?)II
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A fragmentary petition or complaint from the 2nd century AD, probably from Oxyrhynchus. The petitioner, apparently an Alexandrian citizen of the Neokosmian deme, complains that people robbed him, carrying off most of his belongings, including mortgaged property.
In English machine translation
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business […] they robbed me, carrying off […] most of my […] mortgaged (property) and […]
[…] the Oxyrhynchite (nome) […]
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Neokosmios kai Althaieus is the name of an Alexandrian deme, indicating Alexandrian citizenship of someone named in the text. The provenance Oxyrhynchus is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beschwerde). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.