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p.cair.zen.3.59443 Mitte III v.Chr.Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
Petition to Zenon from Thamoys via HGV-meta
Petition of the swineherd Thamous to Zenon about an assault by Psosnaus. A petition to Zenon, estate manager at Philadelphia in the Fayum, from the swineherd Thamous, who complains that Psosnaus assaulted him and drunkenly abused his wife by the river while he was guarding against crocodiles. Still unwell, he has hired a man to keep the pigs treading grain on the threshing floor, sends the letter by his wife, and asks Zenon to summon the accused and the witnesses so justice may be done. machine translation
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TM 1083.
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- Petition to Zenon from Thamoys HGV-meta Philadelphia (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.
- Petition to Zenon from Thamoys APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philademid 3rd c. B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ζήνωνι χαίρειν Θαμῶυς ὑοφορβὸς ἐ[…]την. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ
Ψοσναυ[…]ντος ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ
[…]ἵνα μὴ διασπάσηται κροκοδίλος[…]α, παραλαβών με Ψοσναῦς
τὰς χεῖρας με προσήνεκεν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκά μου ἐπαροίνησεν ἐναντίον
μαρτύρων Πετεμοῦνις καὶ Θοτεὺς τῶν
παρὰ σοῦ γεωργῶν. ἔτι καὶ νῦν κακῶς διάκειμαι ἐνταῦθα. μισθωτὸν ἀπέστειλα
ἐπὶ τὴν ἅλων ἀλοᾶν, ἵνα μὴ ἀργῶσιν τὰ ἱερεῖα.
ἀπέσταλκά σοι τὴν γυναῖκα φέρουσαν σοι τὴν
ἐπιστολήν. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις μεταπεμψάμενος τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας
καὶ ἐπισκέψασθαι εἰ ἔστιν ταῦτα
ἀληθῆ, ἵνα διὰ σοῦ τοῦ δικαίου τύχω.
εὐτύχει.Translations (1)
To Zenon, greetings. Thamous, swineherd, […]. I am wronged by Psosnaus […] on the river […] so that a crocodile might not tear apart the […], Psosnaus seized me, laid hands on me and abused my wife in drunken violence in the presence of witnesses, Petemounis and Thoteus, cultivators of yours. Even now I am still in a bad state here. I have sent a hired man to the threshing floor to thresh, so that the pigs may not be idle.
I have sent my wife to you bearing the letter to you. Please, then, send for the man and the witnesses and examine whether these things are [true, so] that through you I may obtain justice.
Farewell.
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Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1083 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59443 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1083 tier-1
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