Petition to the beneficiarius about a robbery on an estate at Ibion Argaiou TM 31625Tebtynis (Arsinoites)III

A petition from Aurelius Herakleides son of Dioskoros of the village of Ibion Argaiou to the local beneficiarius, a military police official. He complains that on the 13th of Pauni, late in the day, a man named Aurelius broke into his estate in the village plain like a robber and carried off goods, including grain and a hide. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

A beneficiarius was a soldier seconded to police duties in a district, to whom villagers often reported crimes. The end of the text, listing the stolen items, is badly damaged.

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