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Fragment of a letter or petition from villagers in the Arsinoite nome, 6th-7th century AD, reporting a violent incident in which a man was struck on the arm and others wanted to kill him. The writers ask their master to send someone to settle the matter.
The Greek is ungrammatical and the beginning of each line is lost, so the connection between phrases is uncertain. 'Katastasis' may mean a hearing, a settlement or a presentation of the person before an authority.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.lond.1.113_11B). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]ημων τινος ἐκ τῆς κώμης ἡμῶν επ[…] […]ης ἐν βραχίωνι καὶ ἔκραξεν βίᾳ εἰς τὸ μέσον τ[…] […]η τον τὸν ἄνθρωπον θέλουσιν φονεύσιν αὐτῶν […] […]ν καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα τούτῳ οὐκ ἐναιτε εἰς τὴν κώμην ἡμῶν[…] […]της ἡμῶν πέμψον ἄνθρωπον ἵνα δώσῃς αὐτοῦ κατάστασιν […] […]κ…
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