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p.enteux.49 27. Febr. 221 v.Chr.Magdola (Arsinoites)

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Petition of Sopolis about a fictitious loan contract signed by his underage son. Petition to King Ptolemy IV from Sopolis, complaining that a hired woman named Demo of Krokodilopolis tricked his underage son into signing a loan contract for 1,000 drachmas though no money was paid. He asks the king to order the strategos Diophanes to investigate and force her to return the contract. It was filed at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome in 221 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Σώπολις. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Δημοῦς τινος, τῶν κατοικουσῶν ἐν Κροκοδίλων πόλει τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ, ἣ καὶ μισθαρνεῖ. παραστησαμένη γάρ τινας ἐξ ἀπάτης, ἀνέπεισεν τὸν υἱόν μου Σώπολιν, οὐδέπω ὄντα τῶν ἐτῶν, συγγράψασθαι αὐτῆι δανείου δραχμῶν Α. δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, εἴ σοι δοκεῖ, συντάξαι Διοφάνει τῶι στρατηγῶι ἀνακαλέσασθαι τήν τε Δημοῦν καὶ τὸν ἐπιγραφέντʼ αὐτῆς κύριον καὶ τὸν συγγραφοφύλακα, καὶ ἐξετάσαι μισοπονήρως καί, ἐὰν μὴ φαίνηται χρῆσις τοῦ ἀργυρίου γεγενημένη κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον, ἡ δὲ συγγραφὴ ἐπʼ ἀδικίαι γεγραμμένη, ἡμῖν μὲν ἐπαναγκάσαι αὐτὴν ἀποδοῦναι τὴν συγγραφήν, περὶ δʼ αὐτῆς Διοφάνην τὸν στρατηγὸν διαγνῶναι. τούτου γὰρ γενομένου, βασιλεῦ, οὐκ ἀδικηθήσομαι, χρείας καὶ σοὶ καὶ τῶι σῶι πατρὶ ἀμέμπτως παρεσχημένος. εὐτύχει. συναπεστάλη Δημήτριος Νικαγόρου. ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου λ, Τῦβι ιγ. [v] ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου λ, Τῦβι ιγ. Σώπολις πρὸς Δημοῦν περὶ […]…ου […]…

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Sopolis. I am wronged by a certain Demo, one of the women living in Krokodilopolis of the Arsinoite nome, who also works for hire. For, having brought forward certain persons by deceit, she persuaded my son Sopolis, who is not yet of age, to draw up a contract of loan with her for 1,000 drachmas. I therefore beg you, O King, if it please you, to instruct Diophanes the strategos to summon both Demo and the man registered as her guardian and the keeper of the contract, and to examine the matter with severity toward wrongdoing, and, if it appears that no payment of the money was made in any way, but the contract was written for an unjust purpose, to compel her to return the contract to us, and that Diophanes the strategos decide concerning her. For if this is done, O King, I shall not be wronged, having rendered services blamelessly both to you and to your father. Farewell. Demetrios son of Nikagoras was sent along with it. Year 1, Gorpiaios 30, Tybi 13. [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 30, Tybi 13. Sopolis against Demo concerning […] […]

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Found at Magdola (Arsinoites)

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