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The end of a petition from Oxyrhynchus, AD 6th-7th century, in which the writer complains that opponents have threatened him, seized all his property and driven him out. He asks his master for a word of authorization so he can come and accuse them in person and keep paying his considerable taxes of 300 artabas of wheat and 40 solidi.
The beginning of the petition is lost, so the petitioner and the accused are unnamed. "Logos" here probably means an order or permission from the master; the threat to cut the petitioner's hair was a gesture of humiliation."Nomismata" are gold solidi.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Part of a Petition). 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 …] ὅλος, οὐ μόνον δὲ ἀλλὰ εἶπέν μοι ὅτι καὶ τὴν τρίχα σου κουρεύσω αὐτήν. ὅλα γὰρ τὰ πράγματα τῆς ἐμοῦ οὐσίας ἔλαβαν καὶ τῆς ἐμοῦ εὐτελείας ἐδίωξαν. παρακαλῶ τὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ θεοφύλακτον δεσπότην πέμψον μοι τὸν λόγον ἵνα καὶ ἐγὼ ἐλθὼν ἐλέγχω αὐτοὺς ἐπάνω τοὺς πόδας …
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