Letter from Pais to Zenon
Description
Pais the carpet-weaver had already presented to Zenon a denunciation of his fellow-workman Nechthembes and now adds some proofs of his knavery. The carpet weighed yesterday had been damped to make it heavier, and it has turned out to be under the proper weight; he has also curtailed the length and breadth of the carpets, so that they are too small for a couch; and when they were to be weighed, he put some additional material into the scale; for all which things he deserves to have his hands cut off. Morteover he has corrupted the other weavers; and, if Zenon will allow the test, Pais with the same material will make sixteen carpets to their fourteen. When Nechthembes heard of the denunciation, he atempted to run away, but Pais arrested him and sent him to prison. And these facts he has disclosed to prevent Zenon being cheated and for his own greater credit.
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- TM-Text 1122 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.960 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59484 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59484 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1122 tier-1
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