Petition by Aurelius Beniamin son of Joses complaining that Pemounios, Anoubion the athlete, Hermeias and Euthymia attacked and beat his brother and relatives, leaving the brother in danger of death. Having petitioned before, he asks that the culprits be arrested and held in custody so he can pursue the case before the defensor. Written in the 4th century AD, probably at Hermopolis.
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as long as I obtain it [...] ... [...]
... together with (?) my relatives, by
a certain Pemounios [...] and Anoubion the athlete and
Hermeias and Euthymia. For these, having joined together with one another, set upon my same brother together with
those same relatives of mine and beat them severely with blows,
so that the wounds inflicted are visible on
my same brother, and he is in danger of departing from among the living.
I have also on another occasion submitted petitions to your Clemency
against them, and a report was made
about this; and ... since the outrage is no small one,
I submit to your Clemency this petition,
asking that the aforementioned Euthymia, together with
all the other aforementioned accomplices, be brought forthwith
and be kept in custody, while I make the plea against them to my lord the
defensor for further prosecution. Farewell.
[...] I, Aurelius Beniamin, son of Joses, wrote
and submitted it.
The petitioner's name, Beniamin son of Joses, suggests he was Jewish or Christian. The ekdikos (defensor civitatis) was a late Roman city official handling such complaints; the title is restored here.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.