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Petition of Aischrion against Heliodoros for return of a cloak TM 3315Magdola (Arsinoites)219 - 218 v.Chr.

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A petition to King Ptolemy from Aischrion, complaining that Heliodoros has failed to return a cloak despite repeated demands. He asks that the matter be referred to the strategos Diophanes, who should summon Heliodoros and compel him to give it back. It dates to 219-218 BC and comes from Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Aischrion […]. I am wronged by Heliodoros. For in Year 3, in the month of Pauni […] he does not return the cloak, nor to the slave (?) […] until now, though often asked for it […] I therefore beg you, O king, to send my petition to Diophanes the strategos so that, having summoned Heliodoros […] about these matters and, if what I write is true, he may compel him to return it, so that, this being done, I may obtain justice through you, O king. Farewell. Nikon was sent along. […] [verso] […] Aischrion son of Horos […] against Heliodoros concerning […]

Such petitions (enteuxeis) were formally addressed to the king but handled by the nome strategos. The word translated 'slave' (pais) could also mean 'boy' or 'child'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Restitution d’un vêtement). 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 · 219 - 218 v.Chr. · Magdola (Arsinoites)

[r] βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Αἰσχρίων[…]ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἡλιοδώρου. τοῦ γὰρ γ ἔτους, μηνὸς Παῦνι[…] ἱμάτιον οὐκ ἀποδίδωσιν οὔτε τῶι παιδ[…] ἕως τοῦ νῦν πλεονάκις ἀπῃτημένος […] δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, ἀποστεῖλαί μου τὴν ἔντευξιν ἐπὶ Διοφάνην τὸν στρατηγὸν ὅπως, ἀνακαλεσάμενος Ἡλι…