Petition to the centurionLimnaios, son of LimnaiosAPISoslo.apis.151(NoOU)151p.oslo.2.210177;2;21p.oslo;2;211255112551P.Oslo inv. 439Petition to the centurion Lucius A(nnius?) from Limnaios, requesting the arrest of two thieves.Pub. status: Recto, the Verso is blankGreek1 papyrus ; 9 x 27.5 cm.Light brown papyrus. Regularly cut at right side, the top margin is 2cm, the left 1 1/2 and the bottom one 5.5 cm.19Source of description: RectoSeptember 29, 71 A.D.Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptLucius A(nnius?), centurioLimnaios, son of Limnaios, epitroposDoryphorosApollonios, son of AbokisAphrodisiosCaesar Vespasianus Augustus, emperor
Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
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To Lucius A(nnius?) ... ...... centurion, from Limnaios, son of Limnaios ... administrator of the Aphrodisian estate, secretary (in charge) of (the property) of Doryphoros. On the 1st day of Phaophi in the present 4th year of Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus my men caught Apollonios son of Abokis, from Karanis, in the olive-yard of Aphrodisios together with another (person) picking olives earlier than the appointed season. Therefore I demand that he is brought to/arrested by you. I, Limnaios son of Limnaios and however else I may be styled have submitted the present petition, so that I can take action (?). In the 4th year of the Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Phaophi 1.
