Petition to the king about obstruction of building, with record of proceedings TM 3370Ghoran (Arsinoites)246 - 221 v.Chr.

Fragment of a petition addressed to the king, asking that the epistates (local official) investigate charges concerning someone preventing the petitioner from building. The back preserves scraps of a record of the proceedings. It comes from Ghoran in the Arsinoite nome, from the reign of Ptolemy III (246-221 BC).

In English machine translation

Petitions of this type (enteuxeis) were formally addressed to the king but handled by local officials such as the epistates. The verso text is described as a record of proceedings on the case.

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