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p.cair.zen.4.59639 Mitte III v.Chr.Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)
Fragment of petition via HGV-meta
Petition of a detained man asking release to finish his work. Fragment of a petition, apparently from the Zenon archive, in which a man held in custody begs to be released, promising to finish the work in hand within forty days. He offers a written undertaking before witnesses at Krokodilopolis or Memphis and says he has been punished enough. Mid 3rd century BC, Arsinoite nome. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 1270.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Fragment of petition HGV-meta Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.
- Fragment of a petition APIS-papyrus Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philademid 3rd c. B.C.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]…[…]…μ[…]
[…]κωθ…[…]αι ἀξιῶ
πλεονάκις λυθῆναι καὶ ἄνεσιν
λαβεῖν, ἵνα καὶ ἀπολύωμαι κ…
…νελ…[…]… διαβλέπω. ἡμέραι γὰρ οὐ μὴ γένωνται
τεσσαράκοντα καὶ τὸ ἔργον
συντελεσθήσεται. ἵνα δὲ
μὴ ἀπιστεύεις, ἐναντίον
ἀνδρῶν ἐάν τε βούλῃ ἐν
Κροκοδίλων σοι πόλει χειρογραφήσω
ἢ ἐν Μέμφι συντελέσαι τὸ ἐνεστηκὸς ἔργον καὶ ἄλλο
ὃ ἂν συντάσσῃς· ἱκανῶς
γὰρ τετιμώρημαι. δέομαί
σου μή με περιίδῃς τι[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
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[…] I ask, as I have often done, to be released and to obtain relief, so that I may also be freed […] I see (?). For not even forty days will pass and the work will be completed. And so that you may not distrust me, I will give you a written undertaking before witnesses, if you wish, in Krokodilopolis or in Memphis, to complete the work in hand and any other that you may order; for I have been punished enough. I beg you not to overlook me […]
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Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1270 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59639 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1270 tier-1
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