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Petition against defaulting debtor [2nd cent. B.C.]
Description
Papyrus petition from Empedion in the Herakleopolites(?) (Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt to Hegesandros the epistates, a police officer. Empedion accuses Imouthes of failing to repay a loan. When burglars assaulted and murdered Empedion's father, one of the burglars, Seuthes, carried off an IOU written by Imouthes for 200 drachmas, which Imouthes now refuses to repay
Cross-references (4)
- TM-Text 58468 primary
- APIS-Text duke.apis.29972363 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text sb;30;17693 tier-1
- HGV-Text 58468 tier-1
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