Petition(?) to an archidikastes
Beginning of a petition(?) to Alexandros, archidikastes
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Beginning of a petition to Alexandros, archidikastes TM 28807Karanis (Arsinoites)(Early) IInd century A.D.
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The opening address of a document, probably a petition, to Alexandros, the archidikastes (chief judge) responsible for the chrematistai and other courts, sent through his deputy Herakleides. It comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the early 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
To Alexandros, priest and archidikastes and in charge of the supervision of the chrematistai and the other courts, through Herakleides son of Phil[…]os, administering the affairs of the archidikasteia […]
The archidikastes was a senior Alexandrian judicial official who oversaw the chrematistai (circuit judges) and other courts. Only the address survives, so its identification as a petition is probable but not certain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to the Archidikastes). 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.mich.9.528
Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀρχιδικαστῇ καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρίων διὰ Ἡρακλείδου Φιλ[…]ου διέποντος τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχιδικαστείαν[…]