The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragmentary petition by a Macedonian military settler holding 30 arouras, asking the king to order the strategos Diophanes to have a pair (probably of draught animals) returned to him. It comes from Magdola in the Arsinoite nome and dates to 224-218 BC.
The Greek zeugos means a pair or yoke, here most likely a team of draught animals such as oxen. Petitions of this type were formally addressed to the king and passed to the strategos Diophanes for decision.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Demande de restitution). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]Μακεδὼν τριακοντάρουρος τῶν κατοικούντων[…] […]τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Κροκοδίλων πόλει[…] […]νιδα ἐν τῶι ἰδίωι κλήρωι[…] […]ηι κώμηι φυλακίτηι μη[…] […] τῆι Θεοδώρου αὐλῆι π[…] […]προστάξαι Διοφάνει τῶι στρατηγῶι[…] […]ἀποδοῦναί μοι τὸ ζεῦγος[…] […] αὐτὸν ὡς ἂν Διοφάνης συγκρίνηι…
Spotted an error, a mis-mapped findspot, or have a suggestion? We read every note.