Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · other
p.hels.1.2
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Φίλωνι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι παρὰ Διονυσίου τοῦ Ζωίλου τοῦ ἀντιγραφομένου παρʼ οἰκονόμου τὴν ἀπόμοιραν τῶν περὶ Θεογονίδα τόπων. τῆι ιη τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος μηνὸς Φαμενὼθ ἤδη λύχνων καομένων λουομένου μου ἐν τῶι καλουμένωι Ἀριστοδήμου καινῶι βαλανείωι καὶ χρωμένου σικύαι ἀρυταίνηι περιεσπάσθην ὑπὸ Φίλωνός τινος τῶν στρατιωτῶν ὡς παραχύτην με εἰ πόντος προσπηδήσας μοι μετʼ ἄλλων, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα ἀγνοῶ, ἔτυπτόν με πυγμαῖς τε καὶ λακτίσμασιν εἰς ὃ τύχοι μέρος τοῦ σώματος καὶ ἐκσπάσαντές με ἐκ τοῦ βαλανείου ἦγον ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν κατὰ τὸ Σαμοθράικιον πύλην. ἐπιφανέντων δὲ τινῶν φυλακιτῶν παρέδωκάν με αὐτοῖς. ἐπεὶ οὖν κλινοπετήςκλεινοπετής εἰμι, ἀξιῶ συντάξαι ἀσφαλίσασθαι τὸν Φίλωνα καὶ τοὺς μεθʼ αὑτοῦ μέχρι τοῦ ἐπιγνωσθῆναι τὰ κατʼ ἐμέ. τούτου δὲ γενομένουTranslations (1)
To Philon, archiphylakitês, from Dionysios, son of Zoilos, antigrapheus from the oikonomos for the apomoira for the districts around Theogonis. On the 18th of the present month, Phamenoth, when already the lamps were being kindled, I was bathing in the so-called new baths of Aristodemos. As I was using a gourd as a cup, I was stripped (of it?) by Philon, one of the soldiers, saying that… bath-attendant… me…. Leaping upon me, with others whose names I do not know, they beat me with blows and kicks against whatever part of my body might be available. Dragging me out of the bath, they led me up to the gate opposite the Samothrakion; and when some phylakitai appeared, they handed me over to them. Since, therefore, I am bedridden, I ask that you please guard Philon and his associates until a judgment has been given concerning my claims. For if this happens, …. (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, p. 227)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 5139 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.hels;1;2 tier-1
- HGV-Text 5139 tier-1
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.