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p.koeln.12.479 145 - 140 v.Chr.Herakleopolites

Amtliche Weiterleitung einer Enteuxis aus priesterlichem Milieu via HGV-meta

Forwarded petition of priests of the god Seph to the king and queen. Official forwarding of a petition (enteuxis) from priests of the great god Seph, addressed to King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, with a covering note mentioning Polyainos, one of the First Friends. The priests ask that the strategos Polemaios be instructed to stop them being harassed so they can perform sacrifices and prayers for the rulers. From the Herakleopolite nome, about 145-140 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[…]ς παραγραφῆς […]αι τοὺς συνεχομένους […]… ἐπιμόνους εἶναι διακατε[…]…λε…α κατὰ τὸν νομον ὃν τρόπον […]…εισηι περὶ τῶν προδεδηλωμένων[…] διὰ τῆς συνκρίσεως […]… μᾶλλον ἀποδεχόμεθά σε […] τὴν ἀρίστην διάληψιν […] […]εως Πολύαινος τῶν πρώτων φίλων […]…κεν ἡμῖν ὃν τρόπον περὶ τῶν […] ἐπιμελῶς ἔσχηκας […]τοις ἐπιδεικνύμενον ἔτους […] Θωῦθ ϛ Βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι καὶ βασιλίσσηι Κλεοπάτραι τῆι ἀδελφῆι καὶ γυναικὶ θεοῖς Εὐεργέταις χαίρειν. […]…[…]ρ…[…] θεοῦ μεγάλου Σεὴφ καὶ […]ου[…] τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἱεροῦ […] ἐμ Μέμφει τῶν Ἡρακλεοπολιτ[…] Πολυαίνου τῶν πρώτων φίλων καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῶι […]παραγίνεσθαι εἰς τὴν πόλιν […]ομένου ἐν τῶι Χοιὰχ […] δεόμεθ’ ὑμῶν τῶν μεγίστων θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν, ἐὰν ὑμῖν δοκεῖ, προστάξαι γράψαι Πολεμαίωι τῶν ἰσοτίμων τοῖς πρώτοις φίλοις καὶ στρατηγῶι μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν […]παρενοχλεῖν ἡμᾶς ἕως τοῦ […]ὅπως ἀνεμποδίστως τὰς θυσίας καὶ εὐχὰς δυνώμεθ’ ἐπιτελεῖν ὑπέρ τε σοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου καὶ γυναικὸς καὶ μερίσαι καὶ ἡμῖν, ἐὰν ἦι ἀληθῆ τὰ διὰ τῆς ἐντεύξεως, ἧς ἔχετε πρὸς τὸ θεῖον εὐσεβείας καὶ πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀντιλήψεως. τούτου δὲ γενομένου ἐσόμεθα βεβοηθημένοι. εὐτυχεῖτε

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] of the exemption (?) […] those detained […] to remain […] according to the law, in the manner […] concerning the matters set out above […] through the hearing (synkrisis) […] we approve of you all the more […] the best judgement […] […] Polyainos, one of the First Friends, […] to us in what manner concerning the […] you have taken careful charge […] showing Year […], Thoth 6 To King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra his sister and wife, the Benefactor Gods, greeting. […] of the great god Seph and […] of the same temple […] at Memphis, of the Herakleopolite […] of Polyainos, one of the First Friends, and those with him […] to come to the city […] in the month of Choiak […] we beg you, the most great Benefactor Gods, if it please you, to order that a letter be written to Polemaios, one of those equal in honour to the First Friends and strategos, not to allow […] […] to trouble us until the […] so that without hindrance we may perform the sacrifices and prayers on behalf of you and your sister and wife, and that you grant to us also, if the statements in the petition are true, a share of the piety which you have toward the divine and of the protection you extend to all. If this is done, we shall have been helped. Farewell.

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