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End of a petition by Aurelius Sarapion son of Silvanus complaining that a woman came to his house and insulted his wife and unmarried daughter with shameful words. He asks the official to summon her to account and punish her. It dates to the 4th century AD, probably from the Hermopolite nome.
The beginning of the petition, including the addressee and the woman's name, is lost; the date refers to a consulship stated earlier in the lost part. This text is a duplicate copy of the same petition.
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 querela contro una donna per ingiurie). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
τῇ οἰκητικῇ μου οἰκίᾳ ἐν τῇ χθὲς ἡμέρᾳκαὶ ὕβρεις οὐτὰς τυχούσας τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ συμβίῳ καὶ τῇ παρθένῳ μου θυγατρὶ ἀνοικίοις καὶ αἰσχροῖς ῥήμασι συνῆψεν. καὶ ἐπεὶ οὐ χρὴ σιωπῇ παραδίδοσθαι τὰ ὑπʼ αὐτῆς εἰρημένα παρὰ τοὺς νόμους καὶ παρὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν τοῦ βίου κατάστασιν, ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ ἐπ…
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