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p.enteux.26 27. Febr. 221 v.Chr.Magdola (Arsinoites)
Plainte d’un père contre une fille ingrate (serment royal) via HGV-meta
Petition of Ktesikles against his daughter Nike and Dionysios over maintenance. A petition to King Ptolemy from the elderly and half-blind Ktesikles, complaining that his daughter Nike, under the influence of a man named Dionysios, has stopped paying him the 20 drachmas a month she swore by a royal oath to provide. He asks that the strategos Diophanes summon them, punish Dionysios and compel Nike to fulfil her obligation. It was filed in 221 BC at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome. machine translation
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- Plainte d’un père contre une fille ingrate (serment royal) HGV-meta Magdola (Arsinoites)27. Febr. 221 v.Chr.
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Transcription
[r]
βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Κτησικλῆς. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Διονυσίου καὶ Νίκης τῆς θυγατρός μου.
ἐμοῦ γὰρ ἐκθρέψαντος τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ θυγατέρα καὶ παιδεύσαντος καὶ εἰς ἡλικίαν ἀγαγόντος, ἀκληρήσαντος δέ μου κατὰ τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα καὶ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἀδυνατοῦντος, οὐχ οἵα
μοι ἦν ἐπαρκεῖν τῶν ἀναγκαίων οὐδέν· ἐμοῦ δὲ βουλομένου παρʼ αὐτῆς τὸ δίκαιον
λαβεῖν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι, κατεδεήθη μου, καὶ τοῦ ιη ἔτους ἐχειρογράφησέ μοι ὅρκον βασιλικὸν
ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀρσινόης ἀκτίας ἱεροῦ, δώσειν μοι καθʼ ἕκαστον μῆνα δραχμὰς εἴκοσι , ἐργαζομένη
αὑτῆι τῶι ἰδίωι σώματι· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιῆι ἢ παραβαίνηι τι τῶν κατὰ τὴν χειρογραφίαν
ἀποτεῖσαί μοι αὐτὴν δραχμὰς φ ἢ τῶι ὅρκωι ἔνοχον εἶναι. νῦν δὲ φθαρεῖσα ὑπὸ Διονυσίου, ὄντος
κιναίδου, οὐ ποιεῖ μοι τῶν κατὰ τὴν χειρογραφίαν οὐδὲν καταφρονοῦσά μου διὰ τοῦ γήρως καὶ τῆς ὑπαρχούσης μοι ἀκληρίας. δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, μὴ περιιδεῖν με ὑπὸ τῆς
θυγατρὸς ἀδικούμενον καὶ Διονυσίου τοῦ φθείραντος αὐτὴν κιναίδου, ἀλλὰ προστάξαι
Διοφάνει τῶι στρατηγῶι ἀνακαλεσάμενον αὐτοὺς διακοῦσαι ἡμῶν[…]
τῶι μ[…] φθείραντι αὐτὴν χρήσασθαι Διοφάνην ὡς ἂν αὐτῶι φαίνηται, Νίκην δὲ
τὴν θυγατέρα μου ἐπαναγκάσαι τὰ δίκαιά μοι ποιεῖν κ[…]τούτων γὰρ γενομένων, οὐκ ἀδικηθήσομαι, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ σέ, βασιλεῦ, καταφυγών τοῦ δικαίου τεύξομαι.
συναπεστάλη Εὐφορ[…]……[…]
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ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου λ, Τῦβι ιγ.
Κτησικλῆς πρὸς Διονύσιον καὶ
Νίκην τὴν θυγατέρα περὶ χειρογραφίας.Translations (1)
[recto]
To King Ptolemy, greetings from Ktesikles. I am wronged by Dionysios and by Nike my daughter.
For although I raised my own daughter and educated her and brought her to maturity, when I became infirm in body and weak in my eyes, she was not inclined to supply me with any of the necessities. When I wished to obtain justice from her in Alexandria, she begged my pardon, and in year 18 she wrote out for me in her own hand a royal oath, at the temple of Arsinoe of the Shore, that she would give me 20 drachmas each month, earning it by her own bodily labour; and if she did not do so or transgressed any of the terms of the written undertaking, she would pay me 500 drachmas or be liable to the oath. [But now, corrupted by Dionysios], who is a kinaidos, she does none of the things in the written undertaking, despising me [because of] my old age and the infirmity that afflicts me. I beg you therefore, O King, not to overlook me being wronged by my daughter and by Dionysios the kinaidos who corrupted her, [but to order] Diophanes the strategos to summon them and hear [us] […] and that Diophanes deal with the man who corrupted her as [seems good to him, and] compel [Nike] my daughter to do what is just towards me […]. [For if this is] done, I shall not be wronged, but having taken refuge with you, O King, [I shall obtain justice].
Sent along with it: Euphor[…] […]
[verso]
Year 1, Gorpiaios 30, Tybi 13.
Ktesikles against Dionysios and Nike his daughter concerning a written undertaking.
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Magdola (Arsinoites)
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- TM-Text 3301 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.enteux;;26 tier-1
- HGV-Text 3301 tier-1
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