Petition against defaulting debtor [2nd cent. B.C.]
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Papyrus petition from Empedion in the Herakleopolites(?) (Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt to Hegesandros the epistates, a police officer. Empedion accuses Imouthes of failing to repay a loan. When burglars assaulted and murdered Empedion's father, one of the burglars, Seuthes, carrie…