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p.bour.10 28. März 88 v.Chr.Pathyris
Lettre de Platon à Nechthyrès via HGV-meta
Letter from Platon to the epistates Nechthyris about guarding Pathyris. Letter from Platon, a Ptolemaic commander, to Nechthyris, the epistates (local overseer) at Pathyris, during the unrest in the Thebaid in 88 BC. Platon reports that he has left Latopolis to deal with the situation, has told the inhabitants to rally to Nechthyris, and orders him to guard the place and detain anyone who refuses obedience until Platon arrives. machine translation
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- Lettre de Platon à Nechthyrès HGV-meta Pathyris28. März 88 v.Chr.
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Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
Πλάτων Νεχθύρει
χαίρειν. ἐξωρμήκαμεν ἐκ Λάτων
πόλεως ἀντιληψόμενοι τῶν ἐνεστηκότων κατὰ τὸ
συμφέρον τοῖς πράγμασι
καὶ γεγραφότες
τοῖς κατοικοῦσι
συγγίνεσθαί σοι.
καλῶς ποιήσεις
συντηρῶν τὸν
τόπον καὶ προιστάμενος·
τοὺς δʼ ἐπιχειροῦντας μὴ
ὑπακούειν σου
[…]υτέραι στάσει
ἐχομένους
ἀσφαλισάμενος
μέχρι τοῦ καὶ
ἡμᾶς ὅτι τάχος
ἐπιβαλεῖν πρὸς σέ.
ἔρρωσο ἔτους κϛ Φαμενὼθ ιϛ
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ἐπιστάτῃ Νεχθύρει.Translations (1)
[recto]
Platon to Nechthyris, greetings. We have set out from Latopolis to take in hand the present situation as is advantageous for affairs, and we have written to the inhabitants to join you. Please keep guard over the place and take charge of it; and those who attempt not to obey you, being involved in […] sedition, secure them until we too can come to you as quickly as possible.
Farewell. Year 26, Phamenoth 16.
[verso]
To Nechthyris, epistates.
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Pathyris
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 304 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.bour;;10 tier-1
- HGV-Text 304 tier-1
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