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p.enteux.37 28. Jan. 222 v.Chr.Magdola (Arsinoites)

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Petition of a Macedonian cleruch about tamarisk wood cut by Dorion. A petition to King Ptolemy from a Macedonian cleruch holding 30 arouras, complaining that a certain Dorion cut down and carried off tamarisk wood on land the petitioner had bought at public auction, without him and contrary to royal ordinance. He asks the strategos Diophanes to have the case heard and his share of the wood returned; the strategos's note instructs the epistates Isokrates to reconcile the parties or refer them back. Written at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome in 222 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν[…]ος Μακεδὼν τριακοντάρουρος, τῶν οὔπω ὑπὸ ἡγεμόνα τη[…] […]… ἐμοῦ γὰρ ἀγοράσαντος τὸ Σεμθέως τοῦ κωμογραμματεύσαντος[…]τὴν αὐτὴν κώμην ἀπὸ τοῦ προκηρύγματος καὶ ἄλλας γῆς βασιλικῆς[…]…ην μυρίκινα ξύλα πλῆθος, γνοὺς δὲ Δωρίων ὅτι εἰμι πρὸς […]δόμενος ἐξέκοψε ἄνευ ἐμοῦ τὰ ξύλα, τῆι ιβ τοῦ Χοίαχ, οὐκ ἀντιχρα[…]ν ξύλων συντελούμενος, παρὰ τὸ σὸν πρόσταγμα. δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ, προστάξαι Διοφάνηι τῶι στρατηγῶι γράψαι Ἰσοκράτηι τῶι ἐπιστάτηι[…]νκαιο…α ἀπενήνεκται αὐτά, μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν Δωρίωνι […]ἐπὶ Διοφάνην ἐλθόντα διακριθῆναί μοι, καὶ ἐὰν ἐνδείξωμαι τὰ διὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως ὄντα ἀληθῆ,[…]ἀποδοθῆναί μοι τὸ πρὸς μέρος τῶν ξύλων. τούτου γὰρ γενομένου, ἔσομαι διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ, τὸν πάντων κοινὸν σωτῆρα, τοῦ δικαίου τετευχώς. Ἰσοκράτηι. μάλιστα μὲν διάλυσον αὐτοὺς· εἰ δὲ μή, πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπόστειλον ὅπως ἐπισκεψώμεθα. ἔτους κε, Λώιουκϛ, Χοίαχ ιγ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[To King Ptolemy, greeting, …]os, Macedonian, holder of 30 arouras, of those not yet under a commander […] […] For when I had bought the (holding?) of Semtheus, the former village scribe of […] the same village, from the public auction, and other royal land […] a great quantity of tamarisk wood, Dorion, learning that I was at […], […] cut down the wood without me on Choiak 12, not […] paying […] of the wood, contrary to your ordinance. I beg you therefore, O King, if it please you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Isokrates the epistates […] they have been carried off, not to allow Dorion […] but to come before Diophanes and have the case decided with me, and if I prove that the statements in this petition are true, […] that my share of the wood be returned to me. For if this is done, I shall, through you, O King, the common saviour of all, have obtained justice. To Isokrates. Preferably reconcile them; otherwise, send them to us so that we may examine the matter. Year 25, Loios 26, Choiak 13.

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