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Forwarded petition of priests of the god Seph to the king and queen TM 128733Herakleopolites145 - 140 v.Chr.

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Official forwarding of a petition (enteuxis) from priests of the great god Seph, addressed to King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, with a covering note mentioning Polyainos, one of the First Friends. The priests ask that the strategos Polemaios be instructed to stop them being harassed so they can perform sacrifices and prayers for the rulers. From the Herakleopolite nome, about 145-140 BC.

In English machine translation

[…] of the exemption (?) […] those detained […] to remain […] according to the law, in the manner […] concerning the matters set out above […] through the hearing (synkrisis) […] we approve of you all the more […] the best judgement […] […] Polyainos, one of the First Friends, […] to us in what manner concerning the […] you have taken careful charge […] showing Year […], Thoth 6 To King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra his sister and wife, the Benefactor Gods, greeting. […] of the great god Seph and […] of the same temple […] at Memphis, of the Herakleopolite […] of Polyainos, one of the First Friends, and those with him […] to come to the city […] in the month of Choiak […] we beg you, the most great Benefactor Gods, if it please you, to order that a letter be written to Polemaios, one of those equal in honour to the First Friends and strategos, not to allow […] […] to trouble us until the […] so that without hindrance we may perform the sacrifices and prayers on behalf of you and your sister and wife, and that you grant to us also, if the statements in the petition are true, a share of the piety which you have toward the divine and of the protection you extend to all. If this is done, we shall have been helped. Farewell.

The upper part is an official covering text forwarding the petition; the petition itself follows the date Thoth 6. Much of the formulaic petition wording is restored by the editor.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Amtliche Weiterleitung einer Enteuxis aus priesterlichem Milieu). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 145 - 140 v.Chr. · Herakleopolites

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