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Fragment of court proceedings concerning petitions and seized property TM 34836OxyrhynchosV - VI

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Fragment of a record of legal proceedings from Oxyrhynchus, 5th-6th century AD, mentioning petitions submitted through a certain Ambrosios, assaults, a report to an official bureau, and a woman Theodora whose property was allegedly appropriated. Persons named include Sarapammon, the procurator Serenos and Dorotheos; singularii (official attendants) were summoned.

In English machine translation

[…] of Ambrosios, through me, of the petitions (libelli) set out below, submitted to him by you, and they put up with (?) exchanging their (property?) together, but they also beat with blows those […] […] of the province of the Thebans. […] previously presented through Ambrosios, set out above, and the […] […] received, and a breve (summary) in the office of the generals (stratelatai) in Spain (?), from a report […] to the office about this, and having clearly shown that Sarapammon […] […] and Serenos the procurator having entered, and many things having been done […] Theodora, accusing, clear still that you concerning the removal of machines (?) […] by name concerning various matters, and having come upon […] nevertheless having appropriated her property […] and going […] to be and […] […] singularii and of Dorotheos and Ph[…] […] and they having been summoned […] […] advocate (?) […]

Libelli are formal petitions and a breve is an official summary or memorandum; singularii were officials' attendants. The reference to 'Spain' is odd and may reflect a misreading or a different word in the damaged text.

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

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cpr.7.24v

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · V - VI · Oxyrhynchos

[…]… Ἀμβροσίου διʼ ἐμοῦ ὑποτεταγμένων λιβέλλων ἐπιδοθέντων αὐτῷ παρὰ σοῦ καὶ ἀνέχονται ἀλλάξαι τὰ αὐτῶν ἅμα ἀλλὰ καὶ πληγαῖς κατέκοψαν τοὺς κατα[…] Θηβαίων ἐπαρχίας. […]αγας πρώην ἐμφανισθέντος διὰ Ἀμβροσίου προτεταγμένου καὶ τοὺς […]ἐδέξατο καὶ βρέουιον παρὰ τῇ τάξει τῶν ἐν Σπαν…