One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36779

Fragment of a petition concerning violence against the petitioner's sons and house TM 36779Antinoopolis (?)VI

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A small fragment of a petition from the archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito. The petitioner seems to complain of violent acts involving his sons and his house. It dates to the 6th century AD and may come from Antinoopolis.

In English machine translation

[…] […] from those who violently […] […] of my sons […] […] I inform (?) […] […] […] […] my house […] […] against the […] […]

Only scattered words survive. The identification as a petition rests on phrases such as 'violently' and 'against', typical of complaints to officials.

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’une requête). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.cair.masp.1.67011

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI · Antinoopolis (?)

[… ? lines lost …] […]παρὰ τῶν βιαίως […] […]ἐμῶν υἱῶν […] […] διδάσκω[…] […]ευουσιν ς[…] […] ἐμὸν οἶκον[…] […] κατὰ τοῦ φ[…] [… ? lines lost …]