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A petition to King Ptolemy from a woman, Thetosiris, against her husband Petosiris, a shepherd, concerning 260 bronze drachmas connected with a contract; he apparently is living with another woman. She asks that the strategos Diophanes have the chief of police of Alabanthis bring him before him. Written in 221 BC at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.
The note to Herodotos is the official instruction to try reconciliation first, typical of these petitions (enteuxeis) to the king. The sum of 260 drachmas in line 4 is restored from the docket.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Plainte d’une femme contre son mari). 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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