Fragment of a petition concerning a payment involving Ploution TM 31505Arsinoites (?)Anfang III

Fragment of a petition or letter addressed to an official ('my lord'), mentioning a daughter of Ploution, thirty gold coins, Syria, the prytaneis, imperial constitutions, Alexandria and Antinoopolis. The writer appears to complain that something owed was not given and begs the official to compel a man to act. It dates to the early 3rd century AD, possibly from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

The record leaves open whether this is a letter or a petition; the supplication to 'my lord' to compel someone suggests a petition. The prytanis was the chief magistrate of a city council.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di lettera o di petizione?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.