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p.enteux.41 26. Feb. 221 v.Chr.Magdola (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

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Petition of Theodotos against Nikias over a borrowed she-donkey. A petition to King Ptolemy from Theodotos, who complains that Nikias of Boubastos borrowed his she-donkey, valued at 40 drachmas, while Theodotos was away in the Hermopolite nome and now refuses to return it. The strategos Diophanes instructs the epistates Meleagros to reconcile the parties or send them for judgement; written at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome in 221 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

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Transcription

[r] βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Θεόδοτος. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Νικίου τινός, τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Βουβάστωι, τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. χρησάμενος γὰρ παρʼ ἐμοῦ ὄνον[…]… δραχμῶν μ ἐν μηνὶ Φαῶφι τοῦ κϛ ἔτους, καὶ ἐμοῦ ἀναπλεύσαντος εἰς τὸν Ἑρμοπολίτην πρὸς …[…]ντός μου ἕως τοῦ νυνεί, παραγενομένου δέ μου καὶ ἀπαιτοῦντός μου τὴν ὄνον ἣν ἐχρήσατο παρʼ ἐμοῦ, οὐκ ἀποδίδωσί μοι οὐδʼ εἰς τὸ φανερὸν ἄγει τὴν ὄνον. τοῦτο δὲ ποιεῖ καταφρονῶν μου παρὰ τὸ …π[…] δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ, προστάξαι Διοφάνει τῶι στρατηγῶι γράψαι Μελεάγρωι τῶι ἐπιστάτηι ἀποστεῖλαι Νικίαν ἐφʼ αὑτὸν […] περὶ ὧν ἐπικαλῶ αὐτῶι διὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως ἵνα, διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ, τοῦ δικαίου τύχω. εὐτύχει. Μελεάγρωι. μάλιστα διάλυσον αὐτούς· εἰ δὲ μή, ἀπόστειλον ὅπως κατὰ τοὺς νόμους τὸ δίκαιον λάβωσιν. ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου κη, Τῦβι ιγ. [v] ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου κη, Τῦβι ιγ. Θεόδοτος πρὸς Νικίαν περὶ ὄνου.

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Theodotos. I am wronged by a certain Nikias, one of those living in Boubastos of the division of Herakleides. For having borrowed from me a [she-donkey] […] worth 40 drachmas in the month of Phaophi of year 26, and when I sailed up to the Hermopolite nome to […] while I was away until now, and when I came back and demanded the she-donkey which he had borrowed from me, he does not give her back to me nor does he bring the she-donkey into the open. He does this in contempt of me, contrary to […]. I beg you therefore, O King, if it seems good to you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Meleagros the epistates to send Nikias to him […] concerning the charges I bring against him through this petition, so that through you, O King, I may obtain justice. Farewell. To Meleagros. Preferably reconcile them; if not, send them so that ⟦[…] they may be judged⟧ they may receive justice according to the laws. Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 13. [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 13. Theodotos against Nikias concerning a donkey.

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