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Petition of an imprisoned priest of Arsinoe and Zeus Kasios TM 3075Pelusion (Arsinoites)2. Hälfte III v.Chr.

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Fragmentary petition from a priest of Arsinoe and Zeus Kasios, who complains that although an inspector named Phanias found no theft of the temple grain, he has been imprisoned while one Onetor measures out the grain. He asks the official to summon him and release him from prison. Written at Pelusion in the Arsinoite nome in the later 3rd century BC.

In English machine translation

[…] the […] […] […] priest of Arsinoe and Zeus Kasios. Phanias, having been sent by you to make the inspection of the grain in the temple, and having found that no plunder had taken place, […] making an imposition (?) […] Onetor […] measures out the grain, while I have been led away into the prison. I therefore ask you to summon me from the prison and, if I appear […] […] that I be released from the prison, so that I may obtain your benevolence. [… ? lines lost …]

Pelusion here is a village in the Fayum, not the Delta city. Zeus Kasios was a cult linked to the Delta Pelusion, transplanted to this village.

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

p.heid.6.378

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte III v.Chr. · Pelusion (Arsinoites)

[…]ησον τὸν […]παρ… […]ουται… ἱερέως Ἀρσινόης καὶ Διὸς Κασίου. ἀποσταλεὶς Φανίας ὑπὸ σοῦ τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν ποιήσασθαι τοῦ σίτου τοῦ ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι καὶ οὐχ εὑρόντος λείαν οὐδεμίαν γεγενημένην … ἐπιβολὴν ποιησ…[…]…[…]εκ…τον Ὀνήτωρ […]μετ… ἐγμετρεῖ τὸν σῖτον ἐμοῦ ἀπηγμένου ἐν τῆι φυλακῆι.…