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Letter from Horos to Pemenes about a striking swineherd and starving pigs. A letter from Horos to Pemenes reporting that the swineherd Herieneuphis has taken refuge at the king's altar and refuses to work until paid four months' wages, claiming as a sailor that no one can force him. Horos asks Pemenes to get Zenon to send the wages and another worker, warning that the pigs are starving. machine translation

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[r] Ὧρος Πεμενῆτι χαίρειν. Ἑριενοῦφις ὁ ὑοφορβὸς ἀπεχώρησεν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ βασιλέως, λέγων ὅτι οὐ μὴ βόσκω τὰς ὗς ἐὰν μή μοι τὸν μισθὸν ἀποδῶις τετραμήνου, λέγων ὅτι ναύτης εἰμί, οὐθείς με μὴ δύνηται ἅψασθαι οὐδὲ ἀναγκάσαι βόσκειν τὰς ὑμετέρας ὗς. καλῶς ἂν οὖν ποιήσαις ἐντυχὼν Ζήνωνι καὶ εἴπας αὐτῶι περὶ τοῦ ὀψωνίου ὅπως ἂν ἡμῖν ἀποστείληι ἵνα ἅνθρωπος μὴ ἀπέλθηι ἀλλὰ βόσκηι. γίνωσκε οὖν ὅτι προλέγω σοι ἵνα μή μοι ὕστερον ἐγκαλῆις. αἱ ὕες σοι ὧδε πεινῶσιν. πλείω οὖν ἐστιν τὰ ἀπολλύμενα τῶι λιμῶι καὶ ἀποθνήισκοντα ἢ ὅσα ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου ἀπόλλυται τῆς ἐμπιπτούσης εἰς τὰ ἱερεῖα. εἶπον οὖν Ζήνωνι ὅπως ἂν ἡμῖν ἀποστείληι ἄλλο σῶμα ἵνα ἀπαγάγωμεν τὰ ἱερεῖα ἐπὶ τὸν ἄρακον. οὐ γὰρ ἱκανός ἐστιν ὁ εἷς βόσκειν ἐκεῖ ἱερεῖα ξ, ἀλλὰ δύο ἔσονται ἱκανοί. ὧδε δὲ ἄλλος ἔσται πρὸς τοῖς λοιποῖς, οὔπω γὰρ δύναται τὰ λοιπὰ ἔσθειν ἄρακον. ἔρρωσο. Φαῶφι κβ. [v] Πεμενῆτι.

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[recto] Horos to Pemenes, greetings. Herieneuphis the swineherd has withdrawn to the altar of the king, saying, "I will not herd the pigs unless you pay me my wages for four months," and saying, "I am a sailor; no one can touch me or compel me to herd your pigs." Please, then, meet Zenon and speak to him about the allowance, so that he may send it to us, so that the man does not leave but goes on herding. Know then that I am warning you in advance, so that you do not blame me later. Your pigs here are starving. More of them are perishing and dying of hunger than are lost to the disease that is falling upon the animals. So tell Zenon to send us another slave (?) so that we may lead the animals out to the vetch. For one man is not enough to herd 60 animals there, but two will be enough. And here there will be another man with the rest, for the rest cannot yet eat vetch. Farewell. Phaophi 22. [verso] To Pemenes.

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