Petition of Theotimos about assault and theft of his cloak TM 8334Theadelphia (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

To Queen Cleopatra, goddess Euergetis, and King Ptolemy also called Alexander, god Philometor, greeting from Theotimos son of Phileas, Mysian, of the fourth hipparchy, holder of 100 arouras, of those from Theadelphia in the division of Themistos of the Arsinoite nome. In the month of Epeiph of year 13 which is also year 10, when Diokles son of Alexandros, Persian of the epigone, one of those from the same village who do not conduct themselves in the best way, had committed yet other wrongs against me, I submitted against him concerning these the customary reports. But he, not respecting this, and even taking as accomplice Ammonios son of Ammonios, Persian of the epigone, of those from the same village, on the […] of Mecheir of the present year, came to the house belonging to me in the village and called me out […] together with these, others also being present; and being abused by the same in no ordinary way very much, by a conspiracy formed with them […] they even led me off with insult and blows, and shutting me up in the house of a certain Amenneus they stripped off the cloak I was wearing and made off with it, letting me out naked. Then, with a garment […] […] by my acquaintances, I thus went out, and having paid through Ptolemaios the banker to Melis the tavern-keeper, to whom they had given the cloak as a pledge for their dissipation, 2,700 bronze drachmas, I recovered it. Concerning the wrongs unjustly committed against me, having decided to prosecute, I ask you to send my petition to the chrematistai assigned to the katoikia, whose introducer is Dioskourides, so that, having dealt with it and summoned both Diokles and Ammonios through T[…] the collector (?), they may decide that there be exacted for me […] those held liable, for the unlawful seizure 100 silver drachmas, and for the insult 420 bronze drachmas, and the 2,700 bronze drachmas, an appropriate decision having been made about them. If this is done, I shall have been helped. Farewell.