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A report of a robbery from the archive of Zenon: travelling to Philadelphia with two companions, the writer was attacked near the farmstead of Nestos by drunken robbers who bound him and took two pack animals belonging to Zenon along with their harness and his own clothing, purse, ring and staff. Each item is listed with its value, totalling 225 drachmas 2 1/2 obols.
The beginning of the text is lost, so the writer and addressee are unknown. The marginal and subtotal figures are partly obscure and the translation of some harness terms is approximate.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notification of a robbery). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
The writer announces that, when travelling to Philadelphia with two companions, he fell in with robbers who bound him and took from him two donkeys belonging to Zenon, all his clothing, and everything that he had down to his signet ring and his walking stick. The stolen articles …
[ctr] [… ? lines lost …] […]εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν μετὰ Δ…… καὶ Ἀμύντου, ὄντων ἡμῶν κατὰ τὸ Νέστου ἐποίκιον, λῃσταὶ παροινήσαντες ἡμᾶς, ἐμὲ δὲ καὶ δήσαντες τῶν ἀγκώνων, περιείλοντό μου ὑποζύγια Ζήνωνος δύο , ἃ ᾤχοντο ἔχοντες, ὧν ἓν ἄρρεν βαδιστικὸν λευκὸν ἄξιον δραχμῶν ρμ, χαλινὸν ἱππι…
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