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Fragmentary petition from the Arsinoite nome (Ghoran) of the reign of Ptolemy III. The petitioner says he had already submitted a memorandum to the official and to a certain Kallikrates without obtaining justice, and asks that his powerful opponent be summoned and compelled to return something to him.
The object to be returned is lost in a gap. The verso docket appears to mention farmers, perhaps royal farmers, but is badly damaged.
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.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] …ξεσθω…[…] γειν καὶ α[…]ια[…] ἔδωκα σοί τε καὶ Καλλικράτει ὑπόμνημα καὶ οὐδʼ ἕως τοῦ νῦν δεδύνημαι τυχεῖν τῶν δικαίων. ἀξιῶ οὖν σε, ἐπειδὴ διὰ τὸ ἰσχύειν αὐτὸν ταῦτα συντετέλεσται, μεταπεμψάμενον αὐτὸν ἐπαναγκάσαι ἀποδοῦναί μοι τὴν …[…] εὐτύχει. ………ινα… ……ν…
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