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p.col.4.102 Mitte III v.Chr.Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

Petition for Release from Some Official Obligation via HGV-meta

Petition of an old man for release from an obligation. Fragmentary petition in letter form from the Zenon-era Fayum, in which an elderly man appeals to an official, citing the king's constant benevolence to the old and those unable to work, asking to be released from some obligation. He asks that someone be sent to see his weak condition and says Aristion will report the rest. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]μ[…] […]βοηθη[…] […]ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺς δέδεικται ἀεὶ τὴν μεγίστην φιλανθρωπίαν τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις[…]εἰς τοὺς ἀδυνάτους […]πόνον α…ηι τῶν ἡμετέρων[…]ρησει. ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οὐ […]… ἄλλον τινὰ εὕρειν […]ι αὐτῶι ἀλλʼ εἰς σὲ ἀποφεύγων[…] μὲν οὖν σοι καὶ τοῦτο […]…τι σοι. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐκεῖνο […]ὅπως ἂν ἀπολυθῶ καυ[…]…τα ὀστᾶ τοῖς παιδίοις […]σοι οὐχ ὡς ἔγωγε ὠφελῶμαι μόνος[…] ἀλλʼ ἵνα τοῖς ζῶσιν […]… γένηται διότι καὶ ἀπ[…]… ἐφρόντισας Παβου[…]οὐκέτι ἐστίν. καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις[…] καὶ ἀποστείλας τινὰ […]του ὃς ὄψεταί με ὡς διʼ ἀσθένειαν[…]οὗτος μὲν γὰρ ἰδὼν οὐκ α[…]…εσει τοσοῦτο μετηλ[…]τὰ δὲ λοιπά σοι Ἀριστίων […]ἀναγγελεῖ. ἔρρωσο.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] […] […] help (?) […] […] [for since] the king has shown [always the greatest benevo]lence to the old […] towards those unable […] labour […] of our […]. For I do not […] … find some other person […] to him, but taking refuge with you […] therefore to you this also […] … to you. But if not that […] so that I may be released and […] … the bones to the children […] to you, not so that I [alone] may be helped […] but so that for the living […] … may happen, because also […] … you took care of Pabou[…] is no longer living. Please […] and send someone […] who will see me, how because of [weakness] […] For he, having seen, not […] … so much […] The rest Aristion will [report] to you. Farewell.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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