p.erl.36
[… ? lines lost …] […]πεπληγμ[…] καὶ ἀμ…[…] εἰ μὴ οἱ περιτυχόντες κ[…] καὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτά μου διέρρηξεν[…] ἐκ τῶν ἐπενεχθεισῶν[…] τῇ ὑμῶν ἐμμελείᾳ ἀξιῶ […] μέλλω γὰρ προσιέναι τοῖς[…] παρὰ τῶν νόμων τ…χ[…] τῷ ἰδίῳ ἀδελφῷ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 35372
Fragment of a petition concerning assault TM 35372unbekanntV
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Fragment of a petition in which the writer complains of being beaten and having his clothes torn, apparently saved only by bystanders. He appeals to the officials' diligence and says he intends to seek remedy under the laws; a brother is mentioned.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
[…] struck […] and […]
if those who happened to be present had not […]
and he tore my clothing […]
from the (blows?) inflicted […]
I ask your diligence […]
for I intend to approach the […]
from the laws […]
to his own brother […]
The beginning and the right side of each line are lost, so the parties and the official addressed are unknown. 'Your diligence' (emmeleia) is a courtesy form of address for officials.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.