One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28939

List of stolen objects with appeal for information TM 28939unbekanntII - III

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Fragment of a list of objects, apparently stolen, including jewellery (a breast-band, anklets, an earring), a mirror with an inscription and a tunic. It ends with the start of an appeal for anyone with information, perhaps offering a reward. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] … to you […] […] and 1 breast-band (?) […] and 2 anklets of cymbal-work (?) […] and 1 small shuttle (?) and a kinaidarion (?) bound with iron […] and a pendant earring and a small sack and a jar […] […] a mirror bearing an inscription […] […] and a tunic. If anyone gives information […]

The phrase 'if anyone gives information' suggests a public notice about stolen goods, though the identification as a list of stolen objects is tentative. Several object names (masschalister, kinaidarion) are rare and their exact meaning is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Stolen Objects (?)). 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 · II - III

[…]…αν σοὶ προ[…]εχθ[…] […]υτον καὶ μασχαλιστὴρ α […]…[…]…[…] καὶ περισκελίδες β κυμβαλωτῶν δι[…] καὶ κερκίδιον α καὶ κιναιδάριον περισίδηρον[…]…[…] καὶ ἐνώτιον κρεμαστὸν καὶ σακκίον καὶ κάδος ν… […]σλε…[…]…[…]κάτοπτρον ἔχον ἐπιγραφὴν …ον […]π[…]τερος καὶ χιτών. ἐάν τις μηνύσῃ [……