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Petition of the guild of tow-workers to the defensor about a fellow-worker TM 35610Oxyrhynchosspätes V

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Beginning of a petition from the guild of flax-tow workers of Oxyrhynchus to Flavius Ioannes, defensor of the city, complaining that a fellow member named Menas refused to keep to the guild's written agreements. The rest of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Ioannes, the most illustrious defensor of this city of the Oxyrhynchites, from the guild of tow-beaters (?) of the same city. A certain Menas, our fellow-worker, originating from this city, for he, not wishing to [abide] by the terms of our written agreements […]

The ekdikos (defensor civitatis) was a city official charged with protecting citizens and hearing minor cases. The exact craft of the stippokonchistai, workers preparing flax tow, is uncertain.

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.16.1943

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

Φλαουίῳ Ἰωάννῃ τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ ἐκδίκῳ ταύτης τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως παρὰ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν στιπποκογχιστῶν τῆς αὐτῆς. Μηνᾶς τις ὁμοεργὸς ἡμῶν ἐκ ταύτης τῆς πόλεως ὁρμώμενος, οὗτος γὰρ μὴ βουλόμενος πρὸς τὰ σύμφωνα τῶν ἐγγράφων ἡμῶν ὁμολογιῶν [… ? lines lost …]