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Fragment of a petition to the king TM 3359Magdola (Arsinoites)27. Febr. 221 v.Chr.

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End of a petition (enteuxis) addressed to the king, with the standard request that the matter be referred to the strategos Diophanes and an appeal to the king as helper of all. It is dated Year 1, Tybi 13, corresponding to 27 February 221 BC, from Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] to Diophanes, so that not […] through you, O king, the helper of all […] Farewell. [Year 1, Gorpiaios 30], Tybi 13. […] ⟦Year 1, Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12⟧.

Diophanes was strategos of the Arsinoite nome, to whom such petitions to the king were routinely referred. The docket date was written twice, the first version (Gorpiaios 28, Tybi 12) being struck out.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment). 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 · 27. Febr. 221 v.Chr. · Magdola (Arsinoites)

[…]Διοφάνει ἵνα μὴ […]διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ, τὸν πάντων βοηθόν […] εὐτύχει. ἔτους α, Γορπιαίου λ, Τῦβι ιγ. […] .