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p.cair.zen.4.59626 Mitte III v.Chr.
Petition from Kallisthenes via HGV-meta
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 1257.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Petition from Kallisthenes HGV-meta Kharabet el Gerza (ancient PhiladeMitte III v.Chr.
- Petition from Kallisthenes APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philademid 3rd c. B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
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τος ἀπαγήγοχέν με
πρὸς τὸ λοιπὸν ὃ προσοφείλω δραχμὰς ξ. ἡμῖν δὲ συμβαίνει τινὰ μὲν τῶν
σκευῶν διαπεπιστευκέναι, ὑπάρχει δὲ καὶ
οἶνος ἔτι ἄπρατος. εἰ οὖν
σοι δοκεῖ, καθάπερ καὶ ἔμπροσθεν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιεικείας τετεύχαμεν, καὶ
νῦν ἀνακαλεσάμενός μου
διάκουσον, ἵνα μὴ συμβῆι
ἐμὲ μὲν ἐν τῶι δεσμωτηρίωι εἶναι, τὰ δὲ πεπιστευμένα παραπολέσθαι καὶ
τὸν λοιπὸν οἶνον τὸν ὑπάρχοντα διαπεσεῖν, ἀλλʼ, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ λοιπά, καὶ
ταῦτα συναγαγόντες τὰ
δίκαιά σοι ποιήσωμεν.
εὐτύχει.
Καλλισθένους.Translations (1)
…tos has arrested me because of the rest of the 60 drachmas which I owe. It happens that we have pledged some of our items, but we still have some wine that is unsold. If, then, it seems best to you—as also previously I have encountered your fairness—even now, summoning me, hear my case, so that it may not happen that I be in the desmôtêtrion and my pledged items be forfeited and the rest of the wine that I have be lost. Rather, as with everything else, so also bringing these matters to conclusion let us do you justice. Farewell. (in a second hand) (Letter?) of Kallisthenes. (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, p. 239)
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1257 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59626 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1257 tier-1
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