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Petition of Tasyokis against Theodotos and Demetrios concerning a house TM 3287Magdola (Arsinoites)26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

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A petition to King Ptolemy from a woman named Tasyokis, complaining that Theodotos and Demetrios refuse to leave a house that concerns her after her mother's death. She asks that the strategos Diophanes have the epistates Apollonios force them out or send them for judgment; the official's note instructs Apollonios to reconcile the parties. It was filed at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome in 221 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Tasyokis […]. I am wronged by Theodotos and Demetrios his […], of those from the island of Alexander (?) […] When my mother died […] royal land to the extent of 50 arouras, the accused […] Apollonios the epistates and Tesenouphis the toparch […] […] not even so do they withdraw. I beg you therefore, O King, [to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Apollonios the epistates] to compel them to withdraw from the house, and [if they make any objection, to send them to Diophanes] […] to have the case decided with me, so that through you, O King, I may obtain justice. […] To Apollonios. Above all, reconcile them; [if not,] […] [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12. Tasyokis against Theodotos and Demetrios concerning a house.

The petition is dated by both the Macedonian (Gorpiaios) and Egyptian (Tybi) calendars. Large parts of the central lines are lost, so the exact nature of the dispute over the house and the 50 arouras of royal land is unclear.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Jouissance d’une maison). 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 · 26. Febr. 221 v.Chr. · Magdola (Arsinoites)

[r] βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Τασύοκις[…]ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Θεοδότου καὶ Δημητρίου τοῦ[…] αὐτοῦ, τῶν ἐκ τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου νήσου[…] τῆς δὲ μητρός μου τελευτησάσης […] βασιλικὴν γῆν εἰς ἀρούρας ν, οἱ ἐγκαλούμενοι …[…]Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν ἐπιστάτην καὶ Τεσενοῦφιν τὸν τοπάρχην[…] λυθριων οὐδʼ ὣς …