Fragmentary petition concerning an assault by a policeman at Boukolon TM 3364Magdola (Arsinoites)28. Jan. 222 v.Chr.

Fragment of a petition (enteuxis) from Magdola in the Arsinoite nome, in which the petitioner apparently complains of an assault in the village of Boukolon involving a policeman, a club and a blow on the shoulder. The docket on the back is dated Year 25, Loios 26 = Choiak 13 (28 January 222 BC).

In English machine translation

The phylakites was a village policeman in Ptolemaic Egypt. The docket gives a double date in the Macedonian and Egyptian calendars.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.