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Petition of Aurelius Pennouphis concerning assault and damage to an allotment TM 9590Arsinoites19. - 27. Jan. 292

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A fragmentary petition from Aurelius Pennouphis, written for him by Aurelius Patron because he was illiterate, complaining of verbal abuse and assault. He asks that the offender be brought before the official and punished according to law, reserving his further claim about damage to his allotment for the prefect Titius Honoratus. It was written in the Arsinoite nome in January 292.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] abused (?) […] he assaulted me […] thrown to the ground (?) […] unless he flee the […] […] old and […] […] leaving him […] child, and that I would not know, and he himself has suffered some injury to his life at his hands; Therefore I submit this petition, securing my rights so that he may be brought before you and his outrageous deeds may meet with the punishment prescribed by the laws, while my claim against him remains reserved before my lord the most eminent prefect Titius Honoratus concerning both the damage to the allotment and the things he dared to do. Farewell. I, Aurelius Pennouphis, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Patron, wrote on his behalf, as he is illiterate. I, Aurelius Pennouphis, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Patron, wrote on his behalf, as he is illiterate. Year 8 and 7 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti, Tybi 2[…]

The opening, including the addressee and the start of the narrative, is lost, and the middle lines describing the incident are very damaged. Titius Honoratus was prefect of Egypt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beschwerde). 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 · 19. - 27. Jan. 292 · Arsinoites

[… ? lines lost …] λοιδορ[…]…[…] ὕβρισέν με …[…] χαμαιριφῆ επ…ον επ[…] εἰ μὴ φύγῃ τὴν ε[…]…[…] μην παλαιὰν καὶ…[…]…[…] νουκιν καταλείψας αὐτ[…] παιδίον, ἀγνοεῖν δέ με ἂν καὶ αὐτὸς πέπονθέ τι εἰς ψυχὴν ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ· ὅθεν ἐπιδίδωμι τάδε τὰ βιβλίδια ἀσφαλιζόμενος πρὸς τὸ ἀχθῆναι αὐτὸν …