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p.hoogendijk.17 2. Aug. 113 v.Chr.Kerkeosiris (Arsinoites)

Official letter from Menches to Horos : draft or copy via APIS-papyrus

Report of Menches on contraband oil hidden in dung at Kerkeosiris. Draft or copy of an official report from Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris, to Horos (probably the royal scribe) about contraband oil found hidden in dung in the house of Marres son of Samotis. The oil-seller Apollodoros, holder of the oil concession, took part in the search; the house and its furnishings were sealed while Marres slipped away. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Μεγχῆς κωμογραμματεὺς Κερκεοσίρεως τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος Ὥρ ωι χαίρειν. τῆι […] τοῦ […] τοῦ δ ἔτους Ὥρου τοῦ παρ’ ἐμοῦ παρεληλυθότος μετὰ Ἀπολλοδώρου τοῦ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐλαιοπώλου ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτόθι Σουχιεῖον […] …ρ…η…[…]…[…] κατε[…] λήκυθον ὀστρακίνην μεστὴν ἐλαίου κε…[…] εὑρηκέναι σὺν τῶι Ἀπολλοδώρωι ἐν τῆι Μαρρέους τοῦ Σαμῶτος οἰκίαι κατακεκρυμμένην ἐν κόπρωι . ταύτην δὲ καὶ τὰ […] […] τῆς σημαινομένης οἰκίας ἔπιπλα ὧν τὸ καθ’ ἓν ὑπόκειται … τῆς …[…]…ι Πτολεμ κατελθόντες εἰς τὸ αὐτόθι Σουχιεῖον περὶ ζητήσεως μετὰ Ἀμεννέως τοῦ […]…ι προσπαρεσφραγισμένην ἐπι…[…] αὐτ…ν σημαινομένην τοῦ Μαρρέους οἰκίαν … σὺν τοῖς ἐπίπλοις […]· τὸν δὲ προγεγραμμένον Μαρρῆν αὐτῶν πυθόμενον διαλαθεῖν παρὰ […] τῶι Πτολεμαίωι […] περ ὶ ὧν καὶ ἐπιδέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Ἀπολλόδωρος τῆι ιζ […] τὸ ὑπογεγραμμένον ὑπόμνημα· ἀναφέρω· ἔρρωσο ἔτους δ Ἐπεὶφ ιζ

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris in the division of Polemon, to Horos, [greeting. On the] […] of […] of year 4, Horos having come to me [together with Apollodoros, the] oil-seller of the same (village), to the Souchieion there […] […] […] […] an earthenware lekythos full of oil […] (they reported that they) had found, with Apollodoros, in the [house] of Marres son of Samotis, hidden in dung. This and the […] household furnishings of the said house, of which the itemized list [is appended …] […] Ptolemaios (?), having gone down to the Souchieion there concerning a s[earch with] Amenneus son of […], sealed it additionally […] the said house of Marres with the furnishings […]; but the aforementioned Marres, having learned of them, escaped notice (and fled) to […] to Ptolemaios […] concerning which Apollodoros has also submitted to us on the 17th […] the memorandum written below. I report this. Farewell. Year 4, Epeiph 17.

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Found at Kerkeosiris (Arsinoites)

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