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A petition from Apollonios son of Theon of Ptolemais the New to Dionysodoros, financial manager of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, complaining that the fuller Kotys son of Euenos beat him on the face and body after a quarrel. The end of the request is lost; it dates to 220 BC.
The oikonomos was a Ptolemaic financial official; his involvement suggests Kotys, as a tax-paying (hypoteles) craftsman, could not easily be sued in the ordinary court. The reading hypotele is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Charge of Apollonios against Kotys for Assault). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Διονυσοδώρωι οἰκονόμωι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Θέωνος ἐκ Πτολεμαίδος τῆς νέας. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Κότυος τοῦ Εὐήνου γναφέως τῆς προγεγραμμένης κώμης. τοῦ γὰρ β ἔτους μηνὸς Μεσορὴ κα λοιδορίας μοι γενομένης πρὸς αὐτὸν Κότυς πληγάς μοι ἐνέβαλεν καὶ πλείους εἴς τε τὸ π…
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