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p.enteux.2 11. Mai 218 v.Chr.

Achat de toisons via HGV-meta

Petition of a wool merchant against Seos the Jew over undelivered fleeces. A petition to King Ptolemy IV from Harmeusis, a wool merchant of Krokodilopolis, against Seos, a Jew of Alabanthis. Seos had sold him 118 fleeces and taken a deposit of 76 drachmas, but then sheared the sheep and kept the wool himself; Harmeusis asks that the strategos Diophanes summon Seos and compel him to deliver the wool. It is dated 11 May 218 BC. machine translation

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  • Achat de toisons HGV-meta Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites, Ägypte11. Mai 218 v.Chr.

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Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Ἁρμεῦσις ἐριέμπορος, τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Κροκοδείλων πόλει. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Σεῶτος Ἰουδαίου, τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Ἀλαβανθίδι. ἀποδόμενος γάρ μοι ἐρίων νόθων πόκους ριη ἀνὰ δραχμὰς δ πεντώβολον χαλκοῦς 2, οὓς συνηγόρακα Ἀμύνται ὥστε …[…]…ειαν ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλικῆς παραβολῆς, καὶ λαβὼν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἀρραβῶνα δραχμὰς οϛ, ἐφʼ ὧι τὸ λοιπὸν[…]ἀποδώσω αὐτῶι ὅταν κείρω τὰ ἔρια, Σεῶς ἐπελθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν π…[…]μναν πεπ…υκε καὶ ἐ[…]… καὶ κέκαρκε καὶ ἀπενήνεκται πρὸς αὑτόν, ἀπαιτούμενός τε ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ τὰ ἔρια οὐκ ἀποδίδωσι. δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ, προστάξαι Διοφάνηι τῶι στρατηγῶι ὅπως γράφηι[…]τῶι ἐπιστάτῃ ἀποστεῖλαι τὸν Σεῶν ἐπὶ Διοφάνην τὸν στρατηγὸν ὅπως, ἐὰν φαίνηται[…] τὰ ἔρια καὶ εἰληφὼς ἀρραβῶνα, ἐπαναγκάσηι αὐτὸν ἀποδοῦναί μοι τὰ ἔρια. τούτου γὰρ γενομένου, ἐγώ τε οὐκ ἀδικηθήσομαι, τά τε τέλη τὰ ὀφειλόμενα κατʼ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν […]Ἀμύντας ὧι συνηγόρακα καὶ πλείω φόρτον, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ σέ, βασιλεῦ, καταφυγόντες, τὸν πάντων κοινὸν σωτῆρα, τευξόμεθα τοῦ δικαίου. [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἔτους δ, Δίου γ, Φαμενὼθ κζ. Ἁρμιῦσις ἐριέμπορος πρὸς Σεῶν περὶ ἐρίων.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Harmeusis, wool merchant, one of those residing in Krokodilopolis. I am wronged by Seos, a Jew, one of those residing in Alabanthis. For he sold me 118 fleeces of crossbred(?) wool at 4 drachmas 5 obols 2 chalkoi each, which I bought jointly with Amyntas so that […] from the royal advance(?), and he received from me an earnest payment of 76 drachmas, on condition that I would pay him the rest […] when I shear the wool. Seos went to the […] flock(?), […] and […] and sheared it and carried it off to himself, and when I demand the wool from him [he does not give it back. I] beg you therefore, O King, if it seems good to you, to order Diophanes the strategos to [write] […] to the epistates to send Seos to Diophanes the strategos so that, if it appears […] the wool and having received the earnest money, he may compel him to deliver the wool to me. For if this is done, I shall not be wronged, and the taxes owed at Alexandria […] Amyntas, with whom I bought jointly, and more cargo, but having taken refuge with you, O King, [the] common saviour [of all], we shall obtain justice. […] [verso] Year 4, Dios 3, Phamenoth 27. Harmiusis, wool merchant, against Seos concerning wool.

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Found at Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)

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