Fragment of a record of legal proceedings from the Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD. It cites an earlier hearing before the strategos Eudemos in year 4 of Hadrian and a copy of minutes from Bakchias in which Marcus also called Syros, son of Polemon, brings a case against several men and mentions a complaint he lodged in the metropolis against his wife Dioskorous.
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[…] to be falsely accused (?). Year 4 of Hadrian, month of Tybi […]
Eudemos, strategos, made […]eros
and Marcus […]
Copy of minutes, year 13, Epeiph 2,
at Bakchias: Marcus also called Syros, son of Polemon,
against Ammonios son of Pasion and Ammonios
son of Ammonios and Theon son of Herakleides and Pasion his brother and Chairemon son of Pasion, in the presence of Dioskorous, sister of Ammonios
son of Pasion. Marcus having said that he had submitted a complaint
in the metropolis against Dioskorous,
who is his wife, concerning […]
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Year 4 of Hadrian corresponds to AD 119/120; the reign of the year 13 entry is not stated. The 'metropolis' is presumably the nome capital, Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoe).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prozeßakte). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.