Fragment of the minutes of a court hearing before Decimus Veturius Macrinus, prefect of Egypt, under the emperor Commodus, held on 7 September. A man also called Patoubastis is involved, an advocate speaks, and there is mention of an unproven accusation, enmity, the strategos and a letter.
In English machine translation
[…] of Decimus Veturius Macrinus, prefect of Egypt […]
[…] of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus […]
[…] on the 7th day before the Ides of September […]
[…] after other matters:
[…]thios also called Patoubastis, having been read […] by Aelius Phi[…]
[…] said: "Why […]"
[…] the advocate said: "I will say why […]"
[…] the enmity, security […]
[…] he accused him and did not prove it […]
[…] the strategos agrees […] to you and […]
[…] a letter has been written […] my […]
[… ? lines lost …]
The day given, the 7th day before the Ides of September, is 7 September. The phrase "after other matters" shows this is an extract copied from longer official minutes.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Verfahren vor Veturius Macrinus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.