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Complaint to the strategos about destruction of a vegetable crop at Karanis TM 9117Karanis (Arsinoites)21. Febr. 191

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A complaint submitted to Didymos, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, by Sabinus son of Zosimos of Karanis. Unknown persons cut down a large part of his vegetable crop over 5 arouras near the village during the night, and he asks that the complaint be officially registered so he can proceed against the culprit once identified. Dated 21 February AD 191.

In English machine translation

To Didymos, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Sabinus son of Zosimos, collector of public taxes (?) of the village of Karanis. In the night leading into the 27th of the present month Mecheir, certain persons whose names I do not know attacked the vegetable crop which I have sown near the aforesaid village, and cut down a very large area of it in 5 arouras; no small damage resulted. I therefore ask that a copy of this be entered in the record, against whoever shall appear to me to be the culprit. Farewell. Year 31 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, Mecheir 27.

The abbreviation read as praktor (collector) followed by 'public' is uncertain in sense; it may describe Sabinus as a public tax collector of Karanis. Such petitions asked only for registration of the incident, not immediate action.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 21. Febr. 191 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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