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p.col.3.18 ca. 257 v.Chr.
Letter to Panakestor Beseeching Assistance via HGV-meta
Letter of an arrested man asking Panakestor to intercede with Zoilos. Letter from a man whose name ends in -outes to Panakestor, an estate manager in the Fayum, written around 257 BC. The writer says he has been unjustly arrested, swears by King Ptolemy, Arsinoe Philadelphos and Panakestor's guardian spirit that the charge is false, and begs Panakestor to write on his behalf to Zoilos, promising sureties and a jar of wine. machine translation
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- Letter to Panakestor Beseeching Assistance HGV-meta unbekanntca. 257 v.Chr.
- Letter ca. 257 BC APIS-papyrus 257 BCE
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
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[…]ουτης Πανακέστορι χαίρειν. ἀξιῶ σε βοηθῆσαί μοι
ἐπεὶ[…] ἀδίκως ἀπῆγμαι. ὀμνύω βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον
καὶ[…] Ἀρσινόην Φιλάδελφον καὶ τὸν σὸν δαίμονα οὐ μὴν
[…]υ ἀπῆγμαι. ψεῦδός ἐστιν καὶ αὐτὸς σὺ γινώσκεις.
ἐπεὶ δʼ οὖν ἐν φιλίαι εἶ πρὸς Ζωίλωι, γράψον αὐτῶι περὶ ἐμοῦ
[…]… ἐγγύους αὐτῶι καταστήσειν[…]ρε…ου…[…]
[…] μή με οὕτω παρίδῃς καὶ ἐὰν ἀφεθῶ ἐγγύους αὐτῶι
[…]μα γενόμενος εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν πρὸς σὲ
ἐλθεῖν σπεύσω καὶ κεράμιον οἴνου σοι ἀποστελῶ καὶ τὰ ἀκολουθ[…]δεκαενάτῃ τοῖς εἰσιείοις ἐννέα Ἄραβες
[…] κρείττω κρίνων …[…]…[…] ἀπέχων
[…]δέομαι οὖν σου καὶ ἱκετεύω γράψαι Ζωίλωι περὶ ἐμοῦ …[…]… αὐτὴν …νεω ην …ρ[…]…ωγηω.
εὐτύχει.
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ΠανακέστοριTranslations (1)
[recto]
[…]outes to Panakestor, greeting. I ask you to help me, [since] I have been unjustly arrested. I swear by King Ptolemy [and] […] Arsinoe Philadelphos and by your daimon that I have not […] been arrested. It is a lie, and you yourself know it. [Since], then, you are on friendly terms with Zoilos, write to him about me […] to provide sureties to him […]
[…] do not overlook me like this, and if I am released, sureties to him […] having come to Philadelphia I will hasten [to come] to you and I will send you a jar of wine and the rest […] on the 19th, for the Isis festival (?), nine Arabs […] judging it better […] receiving […]
[I beg] you [therefore] and entreat you to write to Zoilos about me […] her […]
Farewell.
[verso]
To Panakestor
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1738 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.col;3;18 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1738 tier-1
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