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p.cair.zen.4.59623 Before 253 B.C.

Fragment of petition via HGV-meta

Petition complaining of wrongs by Hedylos and imprisonment. Fragment of a petition, probably addressed to Zenon at Philadelphia before 253 BC, in which the petitioner complains of being wronged by Hedylos and others who set upon him and had him taken off to prison. Invoking the king, Queen Berenike and the health of Apollonios, he begs for an inquiry so that he may not be ruined. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]ων σοι συν…[…] […]ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἡδύλου […] […]…ημαι, σοῦ δὲ συντάξαντος[…] […]… παρόντος ἀπελθόντ[…] […]σθαι καὶ παραμετρεῖν …[…] […]……αδετα[…] […]αι ἐπισκεψα[…] […]ινι παραγενομένου μου […]οκλῆν ὅπως ἂν παρʼ Ἀριστοκλέους λάβω[…]μον, ἐπισυστάντες ἠνάγκασαν[…] δεδωκότα μοι ἡμέρας ι […]…ι ὅπως ἂν ἀπαχθῶ […] τὰ δίκαια πεποιηκὼς […]…τος χρόνου ει[…] […]τα δὲ πεπράχασιν […]ε καταφθεῖραι καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ […]…τα πρότερον εἷρξαν […]ορος οὐ βουλομένου λαβεῖν […]…ους ὅμηρα δο…[…]…λη […]σω. δέομαι οὖν σου …ε […]σωτῆρα ἐνευχόμενος κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς Φιλαδέλφου καὶ βασιλίσσης Βερενίκης καὶ τῆς Ἀπολλωνίου ὑγιείας ἐπισκέψασθαι περὶ τούτων, εἰ[…]…εις, ἵνα μὴ συμβῆι μοι […]τος καταφθαρῆναι […]…ω τῆς σωτηρίας […]ρχου ἀπαχθέντος εὐτύχει

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] to you […] […] I am wronged by Hedylos […] […] and when you ordered […] […] being present, having gone away […] […] and to measure out […] […] […] to inspect […] […] when I arrived […]okles so that I might receive from Aristokles […], they set upon me together and compelled […] having given me 10 days […] so that I might be led off (to prison) […] having done what is just […] of the time […] […] and they have done […] […] to ruin also the rest […] previously they shut up […] not wishing to take […] hostages (?) […] […]. I therefore beg you […] […] saviour, adjuring you [by the king] and Philadelphos [and Queen Bere]nike and the [health] of Apollonios, to inquire into these matters, [if] […], so that it may not happen to me […] to be ruined […] of safety […] having been led off Farewell.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

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