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p.enteux.47 26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.Ptolemais ton Arabon (Arsinoites)
Salaire d’un barbier (serment) via HGV-meta
Petition of a barber against Malichos concerning unpaid wages. Petition to King Ptolemy from Parates, an Arab barber of Ptolemais of the Arabs, complaining that Malichos has not paid him for years of contracted services to his household, and that Malichos had made him swear an oath in the temple of Athena. The strategos Diophanes' docket instructs the epistates to reconcile the parties or send them to the proper court; dated 221 BC. machine translation
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- Salaire d’un barbier (serment) HGV-meta Ptolemais ton Arabon (Arsinoites)26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.
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· Greek
Transcription
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βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Παράτης, Ἄραψ, κουρεύς, τῶν κατοικούντων Πτολεμαίδα τὴν τῶν Ἀράβων. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Μαλίχου τοῦ[…]σαζαίου. ἐμοῦ γὰρ αὐτῶι τὰς χρείας παρεσχημένου καὶ τοῖς προσήκουσι αὐτῶι πᾶσι
τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλήτως τῆι τέχνηι κ[…]…ν ἔθος καὶ ἐπὶ πλέονα ἔτη πρὸς σύνταξιν, καθότι ἦν ἐπικεχωρημένον πρός με καὶ τὸν Μάλιχον, νυνὶ δὲ …α…[…]…ει τοῦ προεληλυθότος ἔτους τοῦ κϛ, ἀντιλογίας δέ μοι
πρὸς […]εν[…]περὶ τούτων καὶ ὥρκισέν με ἀγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὸ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν ἦ μὴν μὴ κεκομίσθαι
[…] δέομαι σου, βασιλεῦ, μὴ περιιδεῖν …[…] ἀδικούμενον, ὄντα χειροτέχνην,
ἀλλὰ προστάξαι Διοφάνει τῶι στρατηγῶι ὅπως γράφηι Πτολεμαίωι τῶι ἐπιστάτηι, εἴπερ εἰμί ὀμωμοκώς αὐτῶι
[…]ἐὰν μὲν ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἀποδοῦναι βούληταί μοι ἃ ἐγκαλῶ εια…α[…]ἐὰν δέ τι ἀντιλέγηι, ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ Διοφάνην ὅπως διακριθῆι μοι. τούτου γὰρ γενομένου, βασιλεῦ, ἔσομαι τῆς παρὰ σοῦ πάσης φιλανθρωπίας τετευχώς. εὐτύχει.
Πτολεμαίωι. μάλιστα διάλυσον αὐτούς· εἰ δὲ μή, ἀπόστειλον ὅπως ἐπὶ τοῦ καθήκοντος κριτηρίου διακριθῶσιν.
ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου κη, Τῦβι ιβ.
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ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου κη, Τῦβι ιβ.
Παράτης Ἄραψ κουρεὺς
πρὸς Μάλιχον περὶ μισθοῦ.Translations (1)
[recto]
To King Ptolemy, greetings from Parates, Arab, barber, one of those living in Ptolemais of the Arabs. I am wronged by Malichos son of […]sazaios. For although I provided my services to him and attended blamelessly with my craft to all his relatives […] custom, and for several years for a fixed payment, as had been agreed between me and Malichos, now […] of the past year 26, and when a dispute arose between me and […] about these matters, he even made me swear, bringing me to the temple of Athena, that truly I had not received […]. I beg you, O King, not to overlook me […] being wronged, since I am a craftsman,
but to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Ptolemaios the epistates, if indeed I have sworn to him, […] if he is willing even now to pay me what I claim […], but if he raises any objection, to send him to Diophanes so that he may be judged with me. For if this is done, O King, I shall have obtained every kindness from you. Farewell.
(Docket) To Ptolemaios. Preferably reconcile them; if not, send them so that they may be judged before the proper court.
Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12.
[verso]
Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12.
Parates, Arab, barber, against Malichos concerning wages.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 3322 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.enteux;;47 tier-1
- HGV-Text 3322 tier-1
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