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p.mich.1.57 4. Juli 248 v.Chr.Arsinoites
Letter from Lysanias to Theophilos via HGV-meta
Letter from Lysanias to Theophilos reproaching him for absconding from trial. Lysanias reproaches Theophilos for leaving without warning after Lysanias's brother Alketas had stood surety for his appearance at a trial brought by Demeas. Demeas has now complained to the official Phanias, Alketas's crops are to be seized, and Alketas risks paying 300 drachmas, so Theophilos is urged to obtain an official order or return at once. Written in the Arsinoite nome in 248 BC. machine translation
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- Letter from Lysanias to Theophilos HGV-meta Arsinoites4. Juli 248 v.Chr.
- Letter of Reproach APIS-papyrus probably Philadelpheia, HerakleidoJuly 4, 248 B.C.
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Transcription
[r]
Λυσανίας Θεοφίλωι χαίρειν. οἶμαι μέν σε οὐκ ἀγνοεῖν τὴν ἡμετέραν φιλοτιμίαν καὶ προθυμίαν εἰς σέ, καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς δὲ
ὥς σου προέστημεν, ἰδόντες δέ σε ὑπὸ Δημέου συκοφαντούμενον καὶ ὃν τρόπον ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸ συνέργιον
συνεργούμενον εἰς τὸ κατακρῖναί σου ἀδίκως, καὶ Ἀλκέτου δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σε ἐγγυησαμένου ἐνοχληθέντος αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τῶν φίλων κατὰ σύμβολον παρέξεσθαι εἰς κρίσιν ἐν ἡμέραις πέντε ἢ ἀποτίσειν
τὸ ἐπικαλούμενον, σὺ δὲ οὕτως ὠλιγοψύχησας ὥστε καὶ ἐκχωρῆσαι ἄνευ ἡμῶν, πότερον, εἰ καὶ ὣς ἠβούλου καταπλεῖν, οὐκ ἂν καὶ ἐφοδιάσαντές σε καὶ συμβούλους αδ[…]…ερεσοπηκτας ἔχοντα ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀντιδίκους καὶ τοὺς
περὶ τὸ συνέργιον ἀναπλεῖν· ἐδώκαμεν γὰρ ἄν σοι ὑποθέσεις διʼ ὧν οἱ ἀντίδικοι ἂν οἴμωζον. ἔτι οὖν καὶ νῦν
εἰ μὲν δύνῃ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ σαυτοῦ ἀπομεριμνήσας ἐντυχεῖν· οὐ γὰρ ἐπιτήδειον ἦν ἡμᾶς γράφειν, ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ
καὶ δυνατόν σε πορίσαι προστάγματα εἰς τὸ τιμωρηθῆναι αὐτούς. γίνωσκε οὖν ἐντυχόντος Δημέου Φανίαι κατὰ
Ἀλκέτου ὅτι ἐγδεξάμενος Θεόφιλον κατὰ σύμβολον παρέξεσθαι κρινόμενον οὐ παρέχεται καὶ Φανίου γεγραφότος Ἐπηράτωι
κατασχεῖν τὰ γενήματα Ἀλκέτου ἕως ἂν παραγενόμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ διακούσηι. σὺ οὖν πειρῶ πρὸ τοῦ
Φανίαν ἀναπλεῦσαι αὐτὸς φθάσαι καὶ προαναπλεύσας. εἰ δὲ μή, οὐ παρόντος σου κατακριθήσεται καὶ κινδυνεύσει ἀποτῖσαι Ἀλκέτας τὰς τ δραχμὰς. ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν δυνατὸν πρόσταγμα λαβεῖν, εἰ δὲ μή, αὐτὸς ἀνάπλευσον, ἵνα σύ τε καὶ Ἀλκέτας ἀπολυθῆτε καὶ μὴ συμπέσῃ μὴ παρεχομένου σε ἐπὶ τῆς κρίσεως ἀποτίνειν τὸν Ἀλκέταν τὸ ἐπικαλούμενον, ὃ ἄνω σοι ὑπογέγραπται. καλῶς ἂν ποιήσαις παραγενόμενος ἐν τάχει.
ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λη, Παχὼς ιδ.
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Θεοφίλωι. τῶι παρὰ Ἐπιστράτου.Translations (1)
[recto]
Lysanias to Theophilos, greeting. I think you are not unaware of our zeal and goodwill toward you, and how from the beginning we have stood up for you. When we saw you being falsely accused by Demeas, and how the members of the association (?) were working together to have you unjustly condemned, and when Alketas my brother, who had stood surety for you, was harassed, both he and his friends, under a written bond to produce you for trial within five days or to pay the sum claimed, you lost heart so far as even to depart without us. Even if you wished to sail down anyway, would we not have supplied you with provisions and sent you back upstream with advisers […] against your opponents and the members of the association? For we would have given you arguments that would have made your opponents howl. So even now, if you can yourself, freeing yourself of worry, make a petition (for it was not suitable for us to write), and we have heard that you are able to obtain orders for them to be punished. Know then that Demeas has petitioned Phanias against Alketas, saying that having undertaken under bond to produce Theophilos for trial he does not produce him, and that Phanias has written to Eperatos to seize the crops of Alketas until he comes to the count and hears the case. So try to get there before Phanias sails up, sailing up ahead of him. Otherwise, in your absence he will be condemned and Alketas will risk paying the 300 drachmas. If possible, obtain an order; if not, sail up yourself, so that both you and Alketas may be released and it may not happen that, since you are not produced at the trial, Alketas pays the sum claimed, which is written for you above. Please come quickly.
Farewell. Year 38, Pachon 14.
[verso]
To Theophilos. From the people of Epistratos.
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- TM-Text 1957 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;1;57 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1957 tier-1
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