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p.cair.zen.2.59151 Busiris (Herakleopolites)
Fragment of a petition from a bee - keeper via HGV-meta
Petition of the beekeeper Samos about hives seized by tax-farmers. Fragmentary petition addressed to Apollonios, the finance minister of Ptolemy II, from Samos, a beekeeper of Busiris in the Herakleopolite nome. He complains that the tax-farmers took control of his hives and handed them over to cavalrymen, and he asks for an inquiry. The docket records its receipt in Year 30, on 8 October 256 BC. machine translation
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TM 799.
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- Fragment of a petition from a bee - keeper HGV-meta Busiris (Herakleopolites)Date of reception: 8th October, 256 B.C.
- Fragment of petition from a bee-keeper APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient PhiladeDate of reception: 8th October, 256 B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[…]μελισσουργὸς Βουσίριος τοῦ Ἡρακλεοπολίτου
[…]ραι οἱ τελῶναι ἐκυριεύοσαν
[…]ν γὰρ παρατιθεμένων τοῖς
[…]αι προίενται τοῖς ἱππεῦσιν τὰ ζμήνη
[…]ἐντευξιν ἵνα σοι δῶι. ἔστιν δὲ τὰ Ε ζμήνη[…]πολίτου, Ἡρακλεοπολίτου, Ὀξυρυγχίτου[…]ἐπισκέψασθαι περὶ μοῦ διπλοῦς τοῦς
[…] περὶ τούτων.
εὐτύχει.
[v]
ἔτους λ, Λωίου ιη Μεσορὴ ιη.
Ἀπολλωνίωι παρὰ Σαμῶτος
μελισσουργοῦ.Translations (1)
[recto]
[…] beekeeper of Busiris in the Herakleopolite nome […] the tax-farmers took possession […] for when they were deposited with the […] they hand over the hives to the cavalrymen […] petition, so that he may give it to you. The 5 (?) hives are […] of the […]polite, Herakleopolite, Oxyrhynchite nomes […] to inquire about me, double the […] about these matters.
Farewell.
[verso]
Year 30, Loios 18, Mesore 18.
To Apollonios from Samos, beekeeper.
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Busiris (Herakleopolites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 799 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;2;59151 tier-1
- HGV-Text 799 tier-1
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