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Petition of Theonides against Seuthes over a loan of barley TM 3321Ammonias (Arsinoites)27. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

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A petition to King Ptolemy from Theonides of Ammonias in the Arsinoite nome, complaining that Seuthes, a cavalry settler of the same village, has failed to repay a loan of 15 artabas of barley. He asks that the strategos Diophanes have the village epistates Agathokles compel payment or make Seuthes swear he owes nothing; the strategos's instruction and a docket dated 27 February 221 BC follow.

In English machine translation

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Theonides, of Ammonias. I am wronged by Seuthes, a cavalryman holding 100 arouras, who lives in the same village. For he owes me by hand 15 artabas of barley, which he undertook to repay me from the produce of year 26, and though the time has passed and I have demanded it from him many times, he does not repay me. I beg you therefore, O King, if it please you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Agathokles the epistates to send Seuthes to him and, if these things are true, to compel him to repay me; but if he disputes anything, let him swear to me that he does not owe it and be released, so that I may not be wronged, but having taken refuge with you, O King, the benefactor of all, I may obtain justice. Farewell. To Agathokles. Having examined the matter, see to it that he obtains justice. Year 1, Gorpiaios 30, Tybi 13. [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 30, Tybi 13. Theonides against Seuthes concerning 15 artabas of barley.

A 'hundred-aroura cavalryman' was a military settler (cleruch) holding a 100-aroura plot of land. Year 1 is that of Ptolemy IV, dated in both the Macedonian (Gorpiaios) and Egyptian (Tybi) calendars.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 27. Febr. 221 v.Chr. · Ammonias (Arsinoites)

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