Petition against the sons of Symmachos concerning damage to a house and belongings TM 3380Magdola (Arsinoites)26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

A fragmentary petition to King Ptolemy (III or IV) from a man of the unit of Kephalon, complaining that the sons of Symmachos and others broke into or damaged his house, behaved drunkenly and violently, and took or damaged his belongings. He asks that the petition be sent to the strategos Diophanes; the docket on the back dates it to Year 1, 26 February 221 BC, at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

"Of the men of Kephalon" designates the petitioner as a member of a military unit or group under Kephalon. Diophanes was the strategos to whom such petitions were regularly addressed in this period.

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.