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p.cair.zen.4.59619 Mitte III v.Chr.Memphites (?)
Fragment of petition to the king via HGV-meta
Petition to the king about wrongful imprisonment at Philadelphia. Fragment of a petition to King Ptolemy from a man who complains that, while he was away, he was wronged by someone at Philadelphia and thrown into prison without investigation, apparently in a matter involving 200 drachmas, until Zenon heard of it and released him. He asks that his petition be forwarded and that Zenon be instructed so that the case may be judged and he may obtain justice. It dates to the mid 3rd century BC and belongs to the Zenon archive. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 1251.
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- Fragment of petition to the king HGV-meta Memphites (?)Mitte III v.Chr.
- Fragment of a petition to the king APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philademid 3rd c. B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν[…]
ἄνω Μέμφεως. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ[…]ἐν Φιλαδελφείαι· ἐμοῦ γὰρ ἀποδημήσαντος[…]
εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἄνευ ἐπισκέψεως[…]
δραχμ σ. Ζήνων δὲ ἀκούσας ἐξήγαγεν[…]δέομαι οὖν
σου, βασιλεῦ, ἀποσταλῆναί μου τὴν ἔντευξιν[…]ἐὰν ἦι
ταῦτα ἀληθῆ, γράψαι Ζήνωνι[…]
ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς κριθῶ καὶ τοῦ δικαίου τύχω.
[v]Translations (1)
[recto]
To King Ptolemy, greeting, […]
[…] above Memphis. I am being wronged by […] in Philadelphia. For while I was away […]
[…] into the prison without investigation […]
[…] 200 drachmas. And Zenon, having heard, brought (me) out […] I therefore beg
you, O king, that my petition be sent […] if
these things are true, to write to Zenon […]
[…] I may be judged before you and obtain justice.
[verso]
(deleted) […]
Connections
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Memphites
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1251 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59619 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1251 tier-1
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