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Petition from two brothers, Theodoros and Papnouthios, who served as receivers (tax or revenue collectors) for a noblewoman of patrician rank, complaining of violence they suffered. The incident took place in the marketplace on the feast day of their patron saint; the rest is lost. It comes from the Arsinoite nome, AD 4th-7th century.
A hypodektes was a receiver of payments, here apparently working on the lady's estate. The 'holy patron' is probably the local patron saint, whose feast day was the occasion of the attack.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 ἀγαθῇ μετὰ θεὸν † δεσποίνῃ † ἡμῶν τῇ ὑπερφυεστάτῃ θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίᾳ παρὰ τῶν σῶν δούλων Θεοδώρου καὶ Παπνουθίου ἀδελφῶν ὑποδεκτῶν τῆς ὑμῶν ἐξουσίας † οἶδεν ἡ ἡμῶν ἀγαθὴ δέσποινα ὅτι ἐξ ἀρχῆς δοῦλοι αὐτῆς ἐσμὲν καὶ εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ φιλανθρώπῳ θεῷ καὶ τῇ ἡμῶν δεσποίνῃ εἰς πάντ…
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