p.lond.5.1830
[… 4 lines lost …] εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν κακούργων […] με καὶ ὅλα τὰ σκεύη μου ἀφεῖλον[…] γυμνόν με ἀφῆκαν, τὸ δὲ […] [… 2 lines lost …] ἐν τῇ ἀλειπτηρίῳ με κατέκλεισαν[…] ἡμέρας ἔχω κατάκλειστος […] [… 5 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33194
Fragment of a petition about a robbery on the road and confinement TM 33194unbekanntspätes IV
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of what appears to be a petition from the late 4th century AD. The writer complains that criminals on the road robbed him of all his belongings, left him naked, and that he was then shut up in an anointing-room, where he has been confined for some days.
In English machine translation
[… 4 lines lost …]
[…] on the road, of evildoers […]
[…] me and took away all my belongings […]
[…] they left me naked, and the […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
[…] they shut me up in the anointing-room (?) […]
[…] days I have been kept locked up […]
[… 5 lines lost …]
The aleiptērion was the room in a bath or gymnasium where bathers were oiled. The addressee of the petition is lost, and its identification as a petition is tentative.
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 - (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.