OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

9.1 x 20.5 cm.

Lines:

19

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

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State of preservation:

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Content

Date:

November 4, 127 A.D.

Origin:

Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Sarapous

Title / Type of text:

Petition

Content:

Petition to the strategus from a woman, Sarapous, complaining about being assaulted in her own house and asking for help (protection?) so that she can live in peace in her own home

Subjects:

Petition Complaint Harassment

Named people:

Herodes, alias Tiberius, strategus Sarapous: Hadrianus, emperor

Named places:

Theadelpheia Themistou meris Arsinoite nome

English translation:

To Herodes, also called Tiberius, strategus of the Arsinoite, Themistes division, from Sarapous, daughter of The......... from the village of Theadelphia. .... in deed and manner .........................appointed by your excellency(?) .............. using rude willfulness and effrontery every time he attacks me and in my own house directs unspeakable insults against me, not only verbally, but also with blows. For this reason, since I have for a long time not been able to lead a peaceful life and am in danger every day, I turn to you in my weakness and helplessness, and I request that he may be brought before you to be appropriately punished, so that I through your help and assistance may live in complete peace in my home and may obtain redress. Farewell. In the twelfth year of the emperor Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Hathyr 7

Provenance:

Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

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Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo II, 1931, 22, picture: Pl. IIIb
  ▾ Corrections:

  • Amundsen L, Chronique d'Egypt 7 (1932) p. 330 (l.3, 5)Youtie HC, CP 27 (1932) p. 93 (l.5, 18)Turner E, JEA 40 (1954) p. 33 (l.5)Braunert H, JJP 9/10 (1955/56) p. 233 (l. 16)Tomsin A, Choix de papyrus grecs, 1968 (no. 5) (l.3/4, 4, 16)Schwartz J, P.Strasb. 5 (1973) p. 21 (l. 10/11)Wrong measurements given in the original publication.
• Eitrem S, Amundsen L, JEA 40, 1954, 32-33

Further Literature

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