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p.mich.mchl.11 Karanis (Arsinoites)

Petition wegen Erntediebstahls und tätlichen Angrffs via HGV-meta

Petition about theft of dates and assault in an olive orchard at Karanis. Fragment of a petition from Karanis in the Fayum, in which the writer complains that on visiting his olive orchard in the plain of Psenarpsenesis he caught Satabous son of Satabous and his son cutting the dates from his palms. When he tried to seize the thief, the man attacked him, apparently with a sickle, intending to kill him. The petition probably dates to about AD 180-210. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] …[…] […]κ…ειο…μ…… τὸν ὑπάρχοντά μοι ἐλαιωνοπαράδεισον περὶ πεδίον Ψεναρψενῆσιν κώμης Καρανίδος, εὗρον Σαταβοῦν Σαταβοῦτος ἐπικαλούμενον τὸν τοῦ Κινκιῶλ σῦν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ κόπτοντα καρπὸν τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ φοινίκων. ὡς δὴ ἐβουλήθην ἐπιλαβέσθαι αὐτοῦ, ᾧ εἶχεν δρεπάνῳ ἐμὲ βουλόμενος ἀποκτείνειν καί μου [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[...] [...] [...] [...] the olive orchard belonging to me near the plain of Psenarpsenesis of the village of Karanis, I found Satabous son of Satabous, called the son of Kinkiol, together with his son, cutting the fruit of the date palms in it. When I wished to seize him, with the sickle (?) that he had, wanting to kill me, and my [...] [...]

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