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p.mich.11.617 145 - 146Theadelphia (Arsinoites)
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Petition about failure to irrigate a leased estate marsh at Theadelphia. Draft petition to Theon, strategos of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome, from Ptolemaios son of Diodoros alias Dioskoros, who leases an estate marsh near Theadelphia. He complains that the shore-guard Apollonios and the irrigation officer Tyrannos have failed to supply water to the marsh despite a full Nile flood, and asks that they be formally notified and held liable for the losses. machine translation
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- Petition to a Strategos HGV-meta Theadelphia (Arsinoites)145 - 146
- Petition to a Strategos APIS-papyrus Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsi145/146 A.D.
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Transcription
Θέωνι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Θεμίστου καὶ Πολέμωνος μερίδων
παρὰ Πτολεμαίου Διοδώρου τοῦ καὶ Διοσκόρου μισθωτοῦ οὐσιακοῦ δρυμοῦ περὶ κώμην
Θεαδέλφειαν τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος καὶ ἄλλων. πολλάκις προσελθόντος μου Ἀπολλωνίῳ
αἰγιαλοφύλακι καὶ τῷ τῶν τόπων κατασπορεῖ, πολλὰς ἀντικαταστάσεις πρὸς αὐτὸν ποιησάμενος παρόντα ἐν τῇ κώμῃ ἔτι καὶ ἀκμάζοντος τοῦ Νείλου πρὶν ἢ καὶ τὰ ὕδατα εἰς τὰ ἐδάφη χωρήσῃ παρασχεῖν τῷ προκιμένῳ δρυμῷ τὰ
συνήθη καὶ αὐτάρκη ὕδατα, καὶ μέχρι νῦν διαβαλλόμενος ὑπʼ αὐτῶν, οὐκ ἐβουλήθησαν παρασχεῖν,
τοῦ ἱερωτάτου Νείλου τὴν τελείαν ἀνάβασιν ἐνεγκόντος καὶ πάντα τὸν νομὸν ὀφείλοντος ἐνενκεῖν[…], τοῦ οὖν δρυμοῦ μέχρι σήμερον ἐνδεεστάτου ὄντος· παντελῶς γὰρ ὀλίγα ἔσχεν
ὕδατα καὶ ἦν ἄγονα ἀπὸ ἀποχυμάτων καὶ μηδὲ ἓν ἀπὸ μήτρας ἐσχηκότα· ὅθεν μὴ δυνάμενος καθησυχάζειν ἀξιῶ τούτου τοῦ διαστολικοῦ τὸ ἴσον μεταδοθῆναι τῷ τε αἰγιαλοφύλακι καὶ τῷ τῶν τόπων κατασπορεῖ Τυράννῳ διά τινος τῶν περὶ σὲ ὑπηρετῶν πρὸς τὸ πλησθῆναι τὸν
προκίμενον δρυμὸν ἢ εἰδέναι αὐτοὺς, ἐὰν ἄρα τι ἐκ τούτου βλάβος ἐπακολουθήσῃ λόγον ὑφέξοντας
ἐπὶ τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἡγεμόνος καὶ τοῦ κρατίστου ἐπιτρόπου· ἀποξηρανθέντος γὰρ τοῦ προκιμένου δρυμοῦ ἐπʼ ἔδαφος καὶ τοῦ γόνου καὶ τῶν μητρῶν μειωθέντων, οὐ μόνου τοῦ ἐφετείου
φόρου βλάβος ἐπακολουθεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐφεξῆς ἔτη τρία ἄχρι ἂν γόνον καὶ μήτρας εἰς αὖξιν
σχῇ ὁ δρυμὸς βλάβος ἐπακολουθεῖ· μένειν δʼ ἐμοὶ πρὸς τὸν αἰγιαλοφύλακα τὸν λόγον περὶ ἧς ἔχω
π………ας διαστολῆς περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δρυμοῦ ὑπὲρ τοῦ παρῳχηθέντος ὀγδόου ἔτους ἐπὶ τοῦ
κρατίστου ἐπιστρατήγου.Translations (1)
To Theon, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, divisions of Themistos and Polemon,
from Ptolemaios son of Diodoros alias Dioskoros, lessee of the estate marsh (drymos) near the village of Theadelphia in the division of Themistos and of other places. Although I have often approached Apollonios the shore-guard and the irrigation officer (katasporeus) of the district, and made many representations to him while he was present in the village, while the Nile was still at its height and before the waters had withdrawn onto the land, to supply the aforesaid marsh with the customary and sufficient water, and although up to now I have been put off by them, they have not been willing to supply it, even though the most sacred Nile brought its full rise and ought to have flooded the whole nome […]; the marsh is therefore to this day in the greatest need, for it received altogether little water, and was unproductive from the overflows and had received none at all from the main channel (?). Wherefore, being unable to keep silent, I ask that a copy of this notice be served on both the shore-guard and the irrigation officer of the district, Tyrannos, through one of your attendants, so that the aforesaid marsh may be filled, or so that they may know that, if any damage follows from this, they will have to render account before the most illustrious prefect and the most excellent procurator. For if the aforesaid marsh dries out to the ground and the growth and the root-stocks are diminished, damage results not only to the present year's rent, but damage results also for three successive years until the marsh has growth and root-stocks for increase. And I reserve my claim against the shore-guard concerning the […] notice which I hold about the same marsh for the past eighth year before the most excellent epistrategos.
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- TM-Text 12285 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;11;617 tier-1
- HGV-Text 12285 tier-1
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