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Petition about undelivered wheat owed to the royal granary TM 3382Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)13. Jan. 218 v.Chr.

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Petition to King Ptolemy IV from a resident of Krokodilopolis complaining that Hermogenes, of the same city, failed to deliver 20 artabas of wheat to the royal granary on the petitioner's behalf as agreed. The petitioner asks the king to have the strategos Diophanes investigate and compel Hermogenes; dated 13 January 218 BC.

In English machine translation

To King Ptolemy, greetings, […] of those from Krokodilopolis. I am wronged by Hermogenes, [of those from the] same city […] so that he might measure out on my behalf into the royal [granary (?)] […] 20 artabas of wheat […] but now he has not measured out the 20 artabas of wheat […] me […] he did not measure out the grain on my behalf […] I beg you therefore, O King, if it please you, to order Diophanes the strategos […] if the statements in the petition appear to be true, to compel him […] For if this is done, I shall have obtained justice through you, O King, the common saviour of all […] Farewell. Nikon was sent along with it. Year 4, Daisios 27, Hathyr 29.

Petitions of this type (enteuxeis) were addressed to the king but handled by the strategos Diophanes. The note that Nikon was sent along records the person dispatched with the petition, probably the accused or an agent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Infidélité dans un versement de grain au fisc). 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 · 13. Jan. 218 v.Chr. · Krokodilopolis (Arsinoites)

βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν[…]τῶν ἐκ Κροκοδίλων πόλεως. ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἑρμογένους τῶν ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως […] ὅπως ἀπομετρήσῃ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν […] πυροῦ ἀρτάβας κ ων[…] νυνὶ δὲ οὐ μεμέτρηκεν τὰς κ ἀρτάβας τοῦ πυροῦ […]…ς… ἐμοῦ …[…] οὐκ ἀπεμέτρησεν τὸν σῖτον ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ … [……