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Petition of a veteran to a centurion about goods deposited with a fellow soldier TM 9734Arsinoites ?25. Febr. - 26. März 177

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A veteran, Aurelius Abous (?), petitions the centurion Severus Iustus about goods worth 800 drachmas he had left with a fellow soldier, Petesouchos, while serving at Pelusium. After both were discharged, Petesouchos refused to account for them, and the petitioner asks that the parties be brought before the centurion so he can recover his property. It dates to Phamenoth of year 17 of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus (AD 177), probably from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To Severus Iustus, centurion, from Aurelius Abous (?), veteran. When I was serving in the army, lord, at Pelusium, I deposited with a certain Petesouchos, my fellow soldier and friend, equipment (?) valued at 800 drachmas. When I was transferred to the ala Vocontiorum, and when I called him to account about these things after the discharge of us both, he has not rendered account to me. Therefore I ask, since I have a mediator and he agreed, that they be brought before you, so that through your help I may be able to recover my own property. Farewell. Year 17 of the Emperors Caesars Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Armeniaci Medici Parthici Germanici Sarmatici Maximi, Phamenoth […].

The ala Vocontiorum was an auxiliary cavalry unit stationed in Egypt. The petitioner's name and several phrases, including the reference to a mediator, are largely restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to a Centurion). 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 · 25. Febr. - 26. März 177 · Arsinoites ?

Σεουήρῳ Ἰούστῳ ἑκατοντάρχῃ παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἀβοῦτος οὐετρανοῦ. ἡνίκα ἐστρατευόμην, κύριε, ἐν Πηλουσίῳ, παρεθέμην Πετεσούχῳ τινὶ συνστρατιώτῃ μου καὶ φίλῳ σκεύη ἐν συντιμήσει δραχμῶν ὀκτακοσίων. μετατεθέντος μου εἰς ἄλην Βουκοντίων καὶ ὡς ἐλογοποιούμην πρὸς αὐτὸν περὶ τούτων μετὰ ἀμφ…