Report of Violence
(Copy of a) Report addressed by Peteminis, a local official (a topogrammateus?), to a superior, concerning an investigation he has led after discovering two men injured
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Report of Peteminis to Protarchos on a night assault near the Stone Canal TM 8770Mouchis, Polemonos meris, Arsinoite nome, EgyptJune 22, 194 B.C.
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A report from Peteminis, apparently a local official, to his superior Protarchos about a night patrol in the village during which two wounded men, one a royal farmer, were found after an attack near the Stone Canal. He names four villagers identified as the attackers, whom he has not yet caught. Written at Mouchis in the Arsinoite nome in 194 BC.
In English machine translation
Peteminis to Protarchos, greetings. On the 11th of Pachon, while we were patrolling the village at night, we met Pasis son of Paopis, a royal farmer, who had been wounded. He reported to us, saying that some persons had attacked him by the Stone Canal. So we pushed on as if toward the south of the village, wishing to find out what had happened. We met Manres son of Orseus, likewise wounded. When questioned by us who they might be, they said they did not recognize them, but they said that some of them had been wounded by us with poles (?). On the 12th we hear who they are, men from the village, whose names are set out below for you: Pasis son of Semtheus, Horos son of Onnophris, Pais son of Manres, Horos son of Apynchis, grain measurer. Although we searched, we have not found them for the present. If they fall into our hands, we will bring them up […] to you. So I have written to you so that you may know.
Farewell. Year 11, Pachon 15.
The passage saying some attackers were wounded 'by us' with poles is awkward in the Greek and may refer to the victims' own defence. A 'royal farmer' was a cultivator of crown land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of Violence). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.18.776
Πετεμῖνις Πρωτάρχωι χαίρειν· τῆι ια τοῦ Παχὼν ἐφοδευόντων ἡμῶν τὴν κώμην νυκτὶ συνηντήσαμεν Πάσει Παώπιος βασιλικῷ γεωργῷ τετραυματισμένῳ· ἀπήγγελλεν ἡμῖν φάμενος, ἐπέθεντο αὑτῶι τινες κατὰ τὴν Λιθίνην διώρυγα. ἡμεῖς οὖν συνώσαμεν ὡσεὶ ἀπὸ νότου τῆς κώμης βουλόμενοι αἰσθέσθαι τὰ …