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Petition of Apollonios against Dositheos over borrowed spades and money TM 3317Magdola (Arsinoites)26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

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A petition (enteuxis) to King Ptolemy from Apollonios complaining that Dositheos, a fellow villager, borrowed spades and 4 bronze drachmas and refuses to repay them. He asks that the strategos Diophanes instruct the epistates Agathokles to compel repayment; the strategos' endorsement refers the matter to Agathokles. Written at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome in 221 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Apollonios, one of the […] of […]. I am wronged by Dositheos, one of those from the same village. For having borrowed from me [spades] […] and 4 drachmas of bronze, and though repeatedly asked by me for them, he does not return them […] to put me off. I beg you therefore, O King, if it please you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Agathokles the epistates that he compel Dositheos to return to me what is owed. If this is done, I shall, through you, O King, the common saviour of all, have obtained justice. Farewell. To Agathokles. Having investigated, see to it that he obtains his rights. Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 13. [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 13. Apollonios against Dositheos concerning bronze and spades.

The word 'spades' (skapheia) is restored in the body but secured by the docket on the verso. The date gives both the Macedonian (Gorpiaios) and Egyptian (Tybi) months.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prêt d’argent et de bêches). 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)

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