Fragmentary petition to an official in which Libelarios also called Megistos complains that certain men, including the former kosmetes Agathos Daimon, have carried off goods and improperly hold land near the village of Psentis and elsewhere belonging to the city and to the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. He asks that the property and its revenues be restored to him so he can carry out his duties. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Tebtynis.
In English machine translation
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[…] […] […]
[…] and to the centurion in charge of the district the […] […]
[…] which he carried off, and that he withdraw from the properties
[…] of the city, so that I may be able from the revenues to […] the
[…]. Likewise also Agathos Daimon, former kosmetes, holds
[improperly] near the village of Psentis 6 arouras of olive grove and near the village of
[…] 10 [arouras], which belong to the city and to Jupiter Capitolinus; and others also
[…]. I therefore ask, lord, that the things carried off by these men, together with the
[revenues], be returned to me, so that I may be able through your benefaction to
[…] […] […] Farewell. I, Libelarios also called Megistos, have submitted (this).
[…] deliver.
The kosmetes was a city magistrate originally in charge of the gymnasium. The petitioner seems to have been responsible for revenues of city and Capitoline temple land, but the opening is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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.