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Petition of Heron son of Dioskoros for service of a document via the archidikastes TM 99906Arsinoites138 - 161

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A fragmentary petition from Heron son of Dioskoros of the Gymnasium quarter to the strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, asking that a document authorized by the archidikastes in Alexandria be served on another party. It quotes the archidikastes' order to the strategos and the beginning of Heron's original petition to him, which mentions a sum in silver drachmas; it dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).

In English machine translation

… […] to […], strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division […] from […] Heron son of Dioskoros, from the Gymnasium quarter. Of the […] which I have brought from […] the priest and archidikastes, from the office of registration of the document, a copy is appended, and I ask that a copy be served, through one of your assistants, on the person indicated in it […] in person, so that he may know. Year […] of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Tybi 20. […] […] the priest and archidikastes, to the strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, greetings. Let a copy of the memorandum submitted be served, as appended. Year […] of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius […] I have signed. […] secretary of the katalogeion, I wrote the transaction. Year […] of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius […] to […], former kosmetes, […] […] priest and archidikastes and in charge of the chrematistai and the other courts, from […] Heron son of Dioskoros, from the Gymnasium quarter […] […] drachmas of silver […] […] […]

Most of the text is restored from the standard formula of such requests for official service of documents. The archidikastes was a senior Alexandrian official whose office (the katalogeion) registered and authorized private documents for enforcement.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as A second-century A.D. petition in the Cairo Collection). 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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cde.86.224

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 138 - 161 · Arsinoites

… […] στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος […]… παρὰ […] Ἥρωνος τοῦ Διοσκόρου ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Γυμνασίου. οὗ παρεκόμισα […] ἱερέως ἀρχιδικαστοῦ ἀπὸ διαλογῆς χρηματισμοῦ ἀντίγραφον ὑπόκειται καί ἀξιῶ τὸ ἴσον δι’ ἑνὸς τῶν περὶ σὲ ὑπηρετῶν μεταδοθῆναι τῷ δι’ αὐτοῦ δηλουμένῳ […] ἐνωπίῳ,…