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p.lond.7.2045
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
Ζήνωνι χαίρειν ΠᾶιςΠάεις ὁ τοῦ ΠάτιτοςΠάτειτος ἀδελφός. ἀφʼ οὗ ἥκω εἰς τοὺςτου τόπους οὔτε λελήισμαιλελέεισμαι οὔτε κέκλοφα οὔθʼ ἥκει καταβοῶν οὐθεὶς πρός σε κατὰ μοῦ· ἔστι δὲ ἀφʼ οὗ ἀπῆγμαι ἤδη πεντάμηνος. ἐγλέλοιπε ἡμᾶς πάντα ὥστε καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίωνἀνανκαίων ἐνδεὴς εἶναι. νῦν οὖν ἱκέται καταπεφεύγαμεν πρός σε. οὐκ ἔχομεν βοηθὸν ἄλλον οὐθένα ἀλλὰ σές. ὀμνύω τὴν σὴν τύχην καὶ τὸν βασιλέως δαίμονα ψευδῶςψευδη ἀπῆγμαι. καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστηιἐπιστη ὅτι τῶν εὐτάκτωνεὐτατων εἰμίεἰμεί. ἐγγύησαί με σὺ παραμονῆς· ἐγὼ δέ σοι ἐξελθὼν ἐγγύους σοι καταστήσωε. εὐτύχει.Translations (1)
To Zenon, greetings, Pais, the brother of Patis. From the time when I arrived in the area I have never plundered, nor stolen, nor has anyone come to lay a charge against me before you. It has now been five months since I was arrested. Everything has abandoned me, so as for me to now be in need even of the necessities. Now, therefore, I have fled to you as a suppliant. I have no other helper save you. I swear by your fortune and the fortune of the king that I have been falsely arrested. Also you yourself know that I am among the well-behaved. Bail me out on my guarantee to appear, and after I get out I will provide you with guarantors. Farewell. (J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement, p. 252)
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 1607 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;7;2045 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1607 tier-1
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