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A petition from Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios of Karanis to Aurelius Dionysion, logistes of the Arsinoite nome, renewing his complaint that Melas and his shepherds grazed down one aroura of his hay crop. Having learned that his opponents filed a counter-petition, he asks for protection and justice, citing a bandit-catcher as witness to earlier harm by Melas. Early 4th century AD.
The logistes (curator civitatis) was the chief financial and judicial officer of a nome city in the 4th century. A lestopiastes was a village police official charged with catching bandits.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to a Logistes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
A petition submitted by Isidorus, son of Ptolemaeus, to the logistes, or curator, of the Arsinoite nome, complaining that a certain Melas and shepherds in his employ have grazed sheep over one aroura of his land. Isidorus had submitted a petition to the same effect several days …
Αὐρηλίῳ Διονυσίωνι λογιστῇ Ἀρσινοείτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἰσιδώρου Πτολεμαίου ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος. φθάνω τῇ προπαρελθούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ βιβλία σοι ἐπιδεδωκὼς κατὰ Μέλανος καὶ τῶν τούτου ποιμένων περὶ ἧς καταβεβρώκασιν ἀφʼ ἧς πεποίημαι σπορᾶς χόρτου ἀρούρης μιᾶς . ἐπεὶ οὖν τούτων μετακληθέντων…
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