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Letter from Platon, a Ptolemaic commander, to Nechthyris, the epistates (local overseer) at Pathyris, during the unrest in the Thebaid in 88 BC. Platon reports that he has left Latopolis to deal with the situation, has told the inhabitants to rally to Nechthyris, and orders him to guard the place and detain anyone who refuses obedience until Platon arrives.
The letter belongs to the context of the Theban revolt under Ptolemy IX (Soter II). The epistates was a local administrative official, here charged with keeping order.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre de Platon à Nechthyrès). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Πλάτων Νεχθύρει χαίρειν. ἐξωρμήκαμεν ἐκ Λάτων πόλεως ἀντιληψόμενοι τῶν ἐνεστηκότων κατὰ τὸ συμφέρον τοῖς πράγμασι καὶ γεγραφότες τοῖς κατοικοῦσι συγγίνεσθαί σοι. καλῶς ποιήσεις συντηρῶν τὸν τόπον καὶ προιστάμενος· τοὺς δʼ ἐπιχειροῦντας μὴ ὑπακούειν σου […]υτέραι στάσει ἐχομέν…
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