Petition of Ptolemaios concerning hamstrung sacrificial animals TM 3345Magdola (Arsinoites)26. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greeting, from Ptolemaios, Macedonian, […]. I am wronged by Horos, priest of Isis (?), and Thotortaios and Pathei… and Palout… […] living in […] of the Arsinoite nome. Having watched for me on the 3rd of the […] oath […] grazing (?) […] having chased together […] […] they hamstrung these […] to some people passing by on their way to Oxyrhyncha they gave […] to cut […] in the plain. Later we found her eaten through by the dogs and the ravens, and we showed her to the police guards and to many others. I therefore beg you, O King, if it seems good to you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to Moschion, the epistates in Oxyrhyncha, to send the persons accused by me to him, so that he may inquire into these matters and, if what is stated in the petition is true, that they be made to pay at once and render to me the price stated above. For if this is done, O King, having taken refuge with you, the common benefactor and helper, I shall obtain your assistance. Farewell. To Moschion. Preferably reconcile them; otherwise send them so that they may be judged before the koinodikion. Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12. [verso] Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12. Ptolemaios against Horos, priest of Isis (?), and the […] concerning sacrificial animals.