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p.col.8.242 VArsinoites

Letter [V AD] via APIS-papyrus

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

παρὰ καὶκὲ πρίν με γράψαιγράψε οὐκ ἀγνοήσειἀγνοείσοι ἡεἱ σὴ θαυμασιότης ὡςὁς ὅτι οὐκ ᾐτήθηᾐτήθι ἀπὸ Καρανίδος πρὸς τὸ οἰκίσαιοἰκίσε αὐτὸν τὴν κώμηνκόμιν οὔτε μὴνμὶν εσαιεσε τῷ ΒασιλεῖΒασιλῆ. καὶκὲ γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἐχθὲς ῥιφθείςῥιφθίς μοι η παρὰ τῷτο κεφαλαιωτῇκεφαλεωτῇ πρὸς μεθοδίαν φανεροῦ κέρματος τοῦτον ζητήσας μεθοδεῦσαι περιερρόγχασένπεριερόνχασέν μοι καὶκὲ ἐβουλήθηἐβουλήθι μοι ἐπελθεῖνἐπελθῖν δ τὸν εἰρήναρχονἐρίναρχον καὶ τὸν ἄλλον λειτουργὸνλιτουργὸν τοῦτον ἐδυνήθηνἐδυνιθιν μεθοδεῦσαιμεθοδεῦσε τοῦ κυδαδιτινος ἕνεκεν. ὁ αὐτὸς ἐκεῖνοςἐκῖνος συνάξας αὐτοῦ τοὺς διαφέρονταςδιαφερέροντας κάθισμα ἐποίησενἐποίεισεν τῷτο εἰρηνάρχῳεἰρινάρχῳ τοῦτον μέλλωνμέλον ἀνελεῖνἀνελῖν πρὸς τὸ τούτουτούτο γιγνομένουγιγνομένου τοῦ λοιποῦλυποῦ μήτεμίτεμερισμὸν μήτε ἄλλο τι ἀπόκρισινἀπόκρησιν αὐτοὺς ποιεῖν· καὶκὲ γὰρ ἐν τῇ σήμερον οὔτʼ εἰρήναρχοςεἰρίναρχος οὔτε ἄλλος τις ἦλθεεἶλθεπρός με διʼ ὃ ἐπάθομενἐπάθαμεν τῇ ἐχθὲς ἀλλὰ ἁπλῶςἁπλο͂ς οὕτωοὕτο καθιζόμεθα μηδὲνμιδὲν πόλεμον ποιοῦντες.

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Found at Arsinoite nome

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