Petition of Ktesikles against his daughter Nike and Dionysios over maintenance TM 3301Magdola (Arsinoites)27. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Ktesikles. I am wronged by Dionysios and by Nike my daughter. For although I raised my own daughter and educated her and brought her to maturity, when I became infirm in body and weak in my eyes, she was not inclined to supply me with any of the necessities. When I wished to obtain justice from her in Alexandria, she begged my pardon, and in year 18 she wrote out for me in her own hand a royal oath, at the temple of Arsinoe of the Shore, that she would give me 20 drachmas each month, earning it by her own bodily labour; and if she did not do so or transgressed any of the terms of the written undertaking, she would pay me 500 drachmas or be liable to the oath. [But now, corrupted by Dionysios], who is a kinaidos, she does none of the things in the written undertaking, despising me [because of] my old age and the infirmity that afflicts me. I beg you therefore, O King, not to overlook me being wronged by my daughter and by Dionysios the kinaidos who corrupted her, [but to order] Diophanes the strategos to summon them and hear [us] […] and that Diophanes deal with the man who corrupted her as [seems good to him, and] compel [Nike] my daughter to do what is just towards me […]. [For if this is] done, I shall not be wronged, but having taken refuge with you, O King, [I shall obtain justice]. Sent along with it: Euphor[…] […] [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 30, Tybi 13. Ktesikles against Dionysios and Nike his daughter concerning a written undertaking.