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p.mich.18.778 (After) 193/192 B.C.

Petition to the Dioiketes via APIS-papyrus

Petition to the dioiketes about the beer concession at Mouchis. Draft or copy of a petition from Peteminis of Mouchis to the dioiketes Athenodoros, complaining that Pythion, oikonomos of the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome, mishandled the beer-sale concession of Mouchis and extorted money from him, for which he had to pledge garments. Since Pythion has absconded, he asks that the case be sent to the chrematistai judges or that the police chief order Pythion's arrest. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] Ἀθηνοδώρωι διοικητῆι παρὰ Πετεμίνιος τῶν ἐκ Μούχεως τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος· ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Πυθίωνος τοῦ οἰκονομοῦντος τὴν αὐτὴν μερίδα. Ὀννώφριος γὰρ τοῦ ἐκλαβόντος τὴν ζυτηρὰν Μούχεως εἰς τὸ ιγ ἔτος … σαντος ἐν τῶι Φαῶφι διὰ τὰς τοῦ Πυθίωνος παραλογείας προσεβάλετο Πυθίων Πετεσούχωι τῶι ἐξειληφότι τὴν ζυτηρὰν Ἀφροδίτης πόλεως καὶ Ἐλευσῖνος τὴν ζυτηρὰν Μούχεως ἀνὰ τάλαντα μβ δραχμὰς Β τάλαντα κ … εἰς δε[…] προστῆναι τῶι ἐν Μούχει ζυτοπωλίωι καὶ ἅμα τέλει … γραμματ…δι…τὸν αὐτὸν Πετεσοῦχον …τὰ ἐγγραπτὰ γεγραμμένα ζυτοπώλια καὶ … … οὐκ ἐμβλεψα…κ…[…] Μούχεως … εἰς τὸ ἴδιον λόγ[…] … τὰ γράμματα…[…]… καὶ … Ἀφροδίτης πόλεως καὶ Ἐλευσῖνος … […]κωριστο … […]…[…]…φ…εμμε…[…]…[…]στ… καὶ τῶν […]…[…]…ων … δραχμ Δσ καὶ ἀρχικὸν κατὰ μῆνα φ εν δε…[…] Ἀφροδίτης πόλεως καὶ Ἐλευσῖνος ἀπὸ Φαῶφι ἕως Τῦβι μηνῶν δ του Οννοφ[…] [… ? lines lost …] […]…κριτ…ξ καὶ τῶν κ[…]εξ τόκων […]… ταλαντ ϛ δραχμ το …ε πρὸ δοκίμου … […]παραγενόμενος εἰς Μοῦχιν στοχασάμενος δὲ[…]…καμενον τὸν Πετεσοῦχον […]…[…]νοντι καυνάκην δραχμὰς Ασ […]… Πετεσουχ[…]υ παράκειται ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος δ[…]… ὀφείλειν τὸν γραμματέα προφασιζόμενος προστ…μην […]υδε δοῦναι, οὕτως μεταπεμψάμενός με ἐμμ…[…]… ως ἔπραξεν δραχμὰς Δ πρὸς ἃς ἔδωκα αὐτῶι ἐνέχυρα σεβίτια γυναικεῖα β καὶ ἀνδρεῖον α καὶ …αια… ἃ ἦσαν ἄξια ταλάντων ε δραχμῶν Βτ …εστα παραγεγενημένου εἰς τὸν ἐμ… τῶν καλῶς ἐχόντων. ἀξιῶ οὖν σε, ἐάν σοι φαίνηται, ἐπεὶ οὖν ἀφέστηκεν ὁ Πυθίων δεύτερον ὑπόμνημα ἐπιδεδωκότι οὐθὲν τῶν δικαίων γέγονεν, μάλιστα μὲν ἀποσταλῆναί μου τὸ ὑπόμνημα ἐπὶ τοὺς χρηματιστάς, εἰ δὲ μή γε, γράψαι Φίλωνι τῶι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι γράψαι μοι ἐντολὴν πρὸς τοὺς κατὰ κώμην φυλακίτας, ἵνα ὅπου εὑρεθῇ, ἀποκαταστῆσαι αὐτὸν πρός σε. τούτου δέ γενομένου, ἔσομαι τετευχὼς τῶν δικαίων.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To Athenodoros, dioiketes, from Peteminis, one of those from Mouchis in the meris of Polemon. I am wronged by Pythion, the oikonomos of the same meris. For when Onnophris, who had contracted for the beer concession of Mouchis for year 13, […] in Phaophi because of Pythion's frauds (?), Pythion assigned to Petesouchos, who had contracted for the beer concession of Aphroditopolis and Eleusis, the beer concession of Mouchis at 42 talents 2,000 drachmas, 20 talents […] to […] to take charge of the beer shop in Mouchis and at the same time the tax (?) […] […] the same Petesouchos […] the beer shops entered in the register and […] […] did not look into (?) […] of Mouchis […] […] to the private account (?) […] […] the documents […] and […] of Aphroditopolis and Eleusis […] […] and of the […] 4,200 drachmas and a monthly overseer's fee of 500 […] Aphroditopolis and Eleusis from Phaophi to Tybi, 4 months […] of Onnophris […] […] […] and of the […] interest […] 6 talents 370 drachmas […] before the assay (?) […] […] having come to Mouchis and having guessed […] Petesouchos […] a kaunakes cloak, 1,200 drachmas […] Petesouchos […] is deposited at present […] that the scribe owes, pretending […] to give, and so having summoned me […] he exacted 4,000 drachmas, for which I gave him as pledges 2 women's garments (?) and 1 man's and […] which were worth 5 talents 2,300 drachmas […] having come to the […] of what is proper. I therefore ask you, if it seems good to you, since Pythion has absconded and, though I have submitted a second memorandum, nothing just has been done, preferably to have my memorandum sent to the chrematistai, or if not, to write to Philon the archiphylakites to give me an order to the village police, so that wherever he is found, they may bring him before you. If this is done, I shall have obtained justice.

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