bgu.11.2068
Σαραπίωνι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Δημᾶτος Σαταβοῦτος ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος. Ἁτρῆς τις Ἰσχυρᾶ ἐπῆλθεν διὰ νυκτὸς ᾧ ἔχω ἐν ἀγρῷ λαχανοσπέρμῳ καὶ ἐβάσταξεν ἀντ αλ…[…]…ιστ ας και ισμου[…]ἀναζητησι[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9589
Petition to the strategos about theft of vegetable seed at Karanis TM 9589Karanis (Arsinoites)ca. 170 (?)
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A petition to Sarapion, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, from Demas son of Satabous of Karanis. He complains that a certain Hatres son of Ischyras came by night to his field of vegetable seed and carried off part of the crop; the rest of the text is lost.
In English machine translation
To Sarapion, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division,
from Demas son of Satabous, from the village of Karanis. A certain Hatres son of Ischyras came by night upon the vegetable-seed crop that I have in the field and carried off […] […] search […]
Vegetable seed (lachanosperma) was grown mainly for pressing into oil. The end of the text, which presumably asked for an investigation, survives only in traces.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe an den Strategen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.