Fragment of a petition to the king referred to the strategos Diophanes TM 3360Magdola (Arsinoites)222 - 221 v.Chr.

Fragment of a petition addressed to the king, asking that the strategos Diophanes be ordered to deal with the case so that the petitioner may obtain justice. It comes from Magdola in the Arsinoite nome and dates to 222-221 BC.

In English machine translation

Petitions of this type (enteuxeis) were addressed to the Ptolemaic king but handled by the nome strategos, here Diophanes. The last line belongs to a docket or the standard closing formula ordering the parties to be judged.

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.