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Petition from Apollonios son of Hermophilos, a Macedonian military settler from Oxyrhyncha in the Arsinoite nome (Fayyum), to Dionysios, secretary of the cavalry settlers. He complains against the settler Olympiodoros son of Menoites, who in year 26 had stood surety to him for a certain Ptolemaios in a matter involving wheat; the rest is lost.
Archisomatophylax ('chief bodyguard') was an honorific court rank, not an actual guard post; katoikoi hippeis were cavalry settlers holding allotted land. Year 26 is probably 145/144 BC under Ptolemy VI or VIII.
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 the grammateus of the katoikoi hippeis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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Papyrus petition from the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Written by Apollonios, son of Hermophilos, Makedon or Macedonian, a military settler from Oxyrhyncha, to Dionysios chief bodyguard and scribe of the military settlers. Petition is written against another military …
Διονυσίωι ἀρχισωματοφύλακι καὶ γραμματεῖ τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων παρʼ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Ἑρμοφίλου Μακεδόνος τῶν ἐξ Ὀξυρύγχων τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου· ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ὀλυμπιοδώρου τοῦ Μενοίτου Μακεδόνος τῶν Ἑστιείου τῆς ε ἱππαρχίας ἑκατοντάρουρος τῶν ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ κατοίκων ἱππέων. τοῦ γὰρ κϛ ἔ…
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